Gelasimus hesperiae

Information

Taxonomy

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

Common Names

English: Western Calling Fiddler Crab

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Gelasimus (Gelasimus) hesperiae, Gelasimus hesperiae, Thalassuca vocans hesperiae, Uca (Gelasimus) hesperiae, Uca (Thalassuca) vocans hesperiae, Uca hesperiae, Uca vocans hesperiae, Uca vocans hesperiae

Size

Medium Carapace Breadth: 18.5 mm ± 4.27 (sd), 95% range: 10.1–26.8 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Indo-West Pacific Realm: coastline of the Indian Ocean from South Africa to western Thailand; western Sumatra

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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: Crane (1975); Fransen et al. (1997); Jaroensutasinee & Tantichodok (2002); Poupin et al. (2018)

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References

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