Minuca brevifrons
Narrow-fronted Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Gelasimus brevifrons Stimpson, W. (1860) Notes on North American Crustacea, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. II. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7:176–246.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Gelasimus brevifrons Minuca brevifrons Uca (Gelasimus) brevifrons Uca (Minuca) [minax] brevifrons Uca (Minuca) brevifrons Uca brevifrons Uca brevifrons var. delicata Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 23.1 mm ± 3.43 (sd), 95% range: 16.4–29.8 mm, (Data )
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: Mexico to northern Colombia
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: Brusca (1980) ; Crane (1975)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia iNaturalist NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank GBIF
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