Minuca galapagensis
Galapagos Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Uca galapagensis Rathbun, M.J. (1902) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition 1898-1899. VIII. Brachyura and Macrura. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 4:275–292.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Minuca galapagensis Planuca galapagensis Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] galapagensis galapagensis Uca (Minuca) galapagensis Uca (Minuca) galapagensis galapagensis Uca galapagensis Uca galapagensis galapagensis Uca galapagoensis Uca galapensis Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.9 mm ± 3.07 (sd), 95% range: 11.9–23.9 mm, (Data )
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: Costa Rica to Ecuador; Galápagos Islands
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: Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985) ; Crane (1975) ; von Prahl (1982)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia iNaturalist NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank GBIF
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