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Minuca longisignalis

Gulf Marsh Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca longisignalis
Salmon, M., and S.P. Atsaides (1968) Behavioral, morphological and ecological evidence for two new species of fiddler crabs (genus Uca) from the Gulf Coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 81:275–290.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Minuca
Common Names
English: Gulf Marsh Fiddler Crab, Gulf Mud Fiddler Crab, tou-la-lou
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Minuca longisignalis, Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] rapax longisignalis, Uca (Minuca) longisignalis, Uca longisignalis, Uca rapax longisignalis
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 21.4 mm ± 3.19 (sd), 95% range: 15.1–27.7 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: USA (northwestern Florida to Texas)
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: Hopkins & Thurman (2010)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
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NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank

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References

Abele & Kim (1986), Anderson et al. (2017), Balbort & Thurman (1997), Barlow (1977), Barnwell (1963), Barnwell (1968), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Crane (1975), Croll & McClintock (2000), Croll & McClintock (2000), Darbonne & Heagler (1998), de la Cruz & Davidson (1983), Doherty (1982), Duobinis-Gray & Hackney (1982), Felder et al. (2009), Fingerman et al. (1958), Fotheringham & Brunenmeister (1975), Hackney & de la Cruz (1981), Hazlett (1972), Heard (1976), Heard (1977), Heard (1982), Heard (1982), Heard & Kinsella (1995), Heard & Overstreet (1983), Hernández Roa et al. (2009), Herrick (1887), Howell (1932), Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003), Lotz et al. (1995), Mattson (1988), Minello et al. (1994), Nabout et al. (2010), Novak & Salmon (1974), Ohno et al. (2006), Overstreet (1983), Overstreet & Heard (1978), Pérez-Mozqueda et al. (2014), Powers (1975), Powers (1975), Powers (1977), Rathbun (1918), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Rozas & LaSalle (1990), Salmon (1966), Salmon (1967), Salmon & Atsaides (1968), Salmon & Atsaides (1968), Salmon et al. (1979), Salmon & Horch (1972), Selander et al. (1971), Shields et al. (2015), Shih et al. (2016), Subrahmanyam et al. (1976), Thurman (1979), Thurman (1981), Thurman (1984), Thurman (1987), Thurman (1996), Thurman (2000), Thurman (2001), Thurman (2004), Vernberg & Vernberg (1972), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1975), von Hagen (1976), von Hagen (1980), Warwick et al. (2009), Weygoldt (1977), Williams (1984), Williams & Duke (1979), Wong et al. (1989)