Gelasimus excisa

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Gelasimus → Subgenus Gelasimus

Common Names

English: Eastern Calling Fiddler Crab, Melanesian Fiddler Crab, Pacific Calling Fiddler Crab

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Gelasimus (Gelasimus) excisa, Gelasimus excisa, Gelasimus neocultrimana, Mesuca (Latuca) neocultrimana, Uca (Gelasimus) neocultrimana, Uca (Thalassuca) vocans pacificensis, Uca (Uca) vocans excisa, Uca marionis excisa, Uca marionis excise, Uca marionis forme excisa, Uca marionis subsp. excisa, Uca Marionis var. excisa, Uca neocultrimana, Uca vocans forma excisa, Uca vocans pacificensis, Uca vocans var. excisa

Size

Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.9 mm ± 3.47 (sd), 95% range: 11.1–24.7 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Indo-West Pacific Realm: Fiji, Wallis, Samoa

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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: Poupin & Juncker (2010); Shih et al. (2010)

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References

Alcock (1900), Altevogt & Davis (1979), Balss (1938), Barnard (1950), Barnwell (1982), Barnwell (1984), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Borradaile (1900), Bott (1973), Bouchard (2009), Bouchard et al. (2013), Chertoprud et al. (2012), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), Crosnier (1965), Dana (1851), Dana (1852), De Man (1891), De Man (1902), Doflein (1899), Estampador (1937), Estampador (1959), Fransen et al. (1997), Hilgendorf (1869), Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003), Kingsley (1880), Lanchester (1900), Maccagno (1928), McNeill (1920), Miers (1886), Milne Edwards (1852), Milne Edwards (1854), Milne-Edwards (1873), Ng & Davie (2002), Ng et al. (2008), Nobili (1903), Nobili (1906), Nobili (1907), Ortmann (1894), Ortmann (1897), Peer et al. (2014), Pesta (1911), Pesta (1913), Poupin (2010), Poupin & Juncker (2008), Poupin & Juncker (2010), Richters (1880), Rodgers & Cantrell (1988), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2013), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Sakai (1939), Serène (1973), Serène (1973), Shih et al. (2013), Shih et al. (2010), Shih et al. (2016), Shih et al. (2010), Shih & Poupin (2020), Shih et al. (2022), Stebbing (1921), Stimpson (1858), Stimpson (1907), Thallwitz (1891), Thompson (1901), Weis & Weis (2013), Yamaguchi & Takeda (1973), Yoshigou (2001)