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Minuca argillicola

Clay Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca argillicola
Crane, J. (1941) Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXVI. Crabs of the genus Uca from the west coast of Central America. Zoologica NY 26(3):145–208.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca
Common Names
English: Clay Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Celuca argillicola, Minuca argillicola, Uca (Celuca) argillicola, Uca (Minuca) argillicola, Uca argillicola
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 9.2 mm ± 0.90 (sd), 95% range: 7.5–11.0 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: Costa Rica to Colombia
Download PNG line map of ranges. Download PNG line map of point locations.
Red markers indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue markers represent false or mistaken observations from the scientific record; green markers represent “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist.
Range map data derived from: Crane (1975); von Prahl (1982)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

Photos

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Video

Male Minuca argillicola feeding outside of burrow
37 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Minuca argillicola retreating into burrow
14 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Minuca argillicola feeding outside of burrow
25 sec., 352 × 240, MP4

Art

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References

Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Crane (1941), Crane (1947), Crane (1975), Garth (1948), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Invemar et al. (2006), Landstorfer & Schubart (2010), Lazarus-Agudelo & Cantera-Kintz (2007), Lemaitre & Alvarez León (1992), Levinton et al. (1996), Ng et al. (2008), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), Sturmbauer et al. (1996), Thurman (1979), von Hagen (1987), von Prahl (1982)