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Sloane, H. (1725) A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, St Christophers and Jamaica; with the Natural History of the Herbs and Trees, Four-Footed Beasts, Fishes, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, &c. of the last of those Islands. To which is prefix'd, an Introduction, wherein is an Account of the Inhabitants, Air, Waters, Diseases, Trade, &c. of that Place; with some Relations Concerning the Neighbouring Continent, and islands of America, Volume 2. London: B.M.

The Latin means “marsh crab.”

Language: English

Names Appearing in this Publication

Name Used Common Name(s) Where Applied to... Accepted Name Source of Accepted
Cancer palustris Maracoani text p. 269-270: 2 citation: Marcgrave (1648)Maracoani Uca maracoani Computed
      location: Jamaica Uca major Synonymy/
Geography

This Publication is Cited By

Chace & Hobbs (1969), Crane (1975), Herbst (1782), Milne Edwards (1852), Milne Edwards (1854), Oliveira (1939), Rathbun (1918), Rodriguez (1993), Stimpson (1859)