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Minuca virens

Green-banded Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca virens
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 Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca
Common Names
English: Green-banded Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Minuca virens, Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] pugnax virens, Uca virens
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 13.0 mm ± 2.98 (sd), 95% range: 7.2–18.9 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: USA (northwestern Florida) to eastern 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: Thurman et al. (2018)
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References

Alleman & Guillen (2017), Avent (1974), Balbort & Thurman (1997), Barlow (1977), Behre (1950), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Brusca (1980), Crane (1975), del Castillo et al. (2015), Felder et al. (2009), Felgenhauer & Abele (1983), Fotheringham & Brunenmeister (1975), Greenspan (1975), Hazlett (1972), Heard (1970), Heard (1976), Heard (1977), Heard (1982), Hedgpeth (1950), Herrnkind (1983), Keeratipattarakarn et al. (2020), Kuhapong et al. (2021), Ng et al. (2008), Novak & Salmon (1974), Pérez-Mozqueda et al. (2014), Powers (1973), Powers (1975), Powers (1975), Powers (1977), Powers & Cole (1976), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Salmon (1966), Salmon & Atsaides (1968), Salmon & Atsaides (1968), Salmon et al. (1979), Salmon & Horch (1972), Selander et al. (1971), Shih et al. (2016), Thurman (1979), Thurman (1981), Thurman (1996), Thurman (2000), Utrera-López & Capistrán-Barradas (2013), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1975), von Hagen (1976), von Hagen (1980), Wass (1955), Weygoldt (1977), Williams (1984), Williams & Duke (1979), Wong et al. (1989)