Uca insignis
Distinguished Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Acanthoplax insignis Milne Edwards, H. (1852) Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie (Série 3) 18:109–166.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Ucinae → Supertribe Ucitae → Tribe Ucini → Genus Uca → Subgenus Acanthoplax Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Acanthoplax excellens Acanthoplax insignis Gelasimus (Acanthoplax) excellens Gelasimus armatus Gelasimus insignis Uca (Acanthoplax) insignis Uca (Uca) insignis Uca (Uca) maracoani insignis Uca insignis Uca maracoani insignis Uca sp. aff. U. ornata or U. insignis Size
Very Large Carapace Breadth: 37.4 mm ± 4.73 (sd), 95% range: 28.1–46.7 mm, (Data )
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: El Salvador to northern Peru
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
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