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Minuca rapax

Mudflat Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus rapax
Smith, S.I. (1870) Notes on American Crustacea. No. 1. Ocypodoidea. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science 2:113–176.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Minuca
Common Names
English: Mudflat Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus rapax, Minuca rapax, Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] rapax rapax, Uca (Minuca) [galapaguensis] rapax rapax, Uca (Minuca) brasiliensis, Uca (Minuca) rapax, Uca (Minuca) salsisitus, Uca pugnax brasiliensis, Uca pugnax rapax, Uca pugnax var. brasiliensis, Uca rapax, Uca rapax rapax, Uca repax, Uca ripax, Uca salsisitus
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 13.7 mm ± 4.85 (sd), 95% range: 4.2–23.2 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: southeastern Mexico to Brazil; USA (Florida); throughout Caribbean islands
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. (2018)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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