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Minuca marguerita

Olmec Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca marguerita
Thurman, C.L., II (1981) Uca marguerita, a new species of fiddler crab (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from eastern Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1):169–180.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca
Common Names
English: Olmec Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Minuca marguerita, Uca (Minuca) marguerita, Uca marguerita
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 14.9 mm ± 3.78 (sd), 95% range: 7.5–22.3 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: southeastern Mexico
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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: Hopkins & Thurman (2010)
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References

Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Buitendijk (1950), Hernández Aguilera et al. (1996), Ng et al. (2008), Pérez-Mozqueda et al. (2014), Rathbun (1918), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), Thurman (1979), Thurman (1981), Utrera-López & Capistrán-Barradas (2013)