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Minuca panema

Lesser Brazilian Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca panema: Coelho, P.A. (1972) Descrição preliminar de uma espécie nova de Uca de Pernambuco e Paraíba. P. 42 in Resumos do V Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia. São Paulo, Brasil.

Information

Taxonomy: Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca
Common Names: English: Lesser Brazilian Fiddler Crab
Size: Medium Carapace Breadth: 12.5 mm ± 5.81 (sd), 95% range: 1.1–23.9 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range: Western Atlantic Realm: Trinidad and Tobago; Eastern Venezuela to Brazil; Download PNG line map of ranges. Download PNG line map of point locations.; 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: Thurman et al. (2023)
External Links: Wikipedia; iNaturalist

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References

Albrecht & von Hagen (1981), Almeida & Coelho (2008), Amouroux & Tavares (2005), Aschenbroich et al. (2016), Benetti & Negreiros-Fransozo (2003), Castiglioni et al. (2010), Coelho (1994/1995), Coelho et al. (2008), Coelho & Coelho-Filho (1993), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), de Sousa et al. (2015), Fransen et al. (1997), Gerlach (1958), Gronovius (1764), Jonston (1650), Latreille (1817), Latreille (1828), Latreille (1829), Lemos de Castro (1962), Lira et al. (2006), Marcgrave (1648), Masunari et al. (2020), Milne Edwards (1837), Milne Edwards (1837), Oliveira (1939), Pachelle et al. (2016), Powers (1977), Rathbun (1900), Rosenberg (2020), Sachs (1665), Salmon & Atsaides (1968), Salmon & Zucker (1988), Shih et al. (2016), Thurman (1979), Torres (2004), Vale et al. (2015), von Hagen (1967), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1970), von Martens (1869)