Gelasimus vocans

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Gelasimus → Subgenus Gelasimus

Common Names

English: Calling Fiddler Crab

Japanese: ヒメシオマネキ

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Cancer Vocans, Gelasima vocans, Gelasimus (Gelasimus) vocans, Gelasimus cultrimanus, Gelasimus cultrimanus var. marionis, Gelasimus Marionis, Gelasimus vocans, Gelasimus vocans var. cultrimanus, Gelasimus vocante, Gelasimus vocantis, Goneplax vocans, Gonoplax vocans, Ocypoda vocans, Ocypode (Gelasimus) marionis, Ocypode vocans, Uca (Gelasimus) vocan, Uca (Gelasimus) vocans, Uca (Thalassuca) vocans, Uca (Thalassuca) vocans vocans, Uca (Uca) vocans, Uca (Uca) vocans vocans, Uca cullrimana, Uca cultrimana, Uca cultrimanus, Uca Marionis, Uca marionis forme cultrimana, Uca marionis marionis, Uca marionis subsp. cultrimana, Uca marionis var. vocans, Uca marionis-marionis, Uca narionis, Uca vocam, Uca vocans, Uca vocans forma vocans, Uca vocans vocans

Size

Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.7 mm ± 4.89 (sd), 95% range: 8.1–27.3 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Indo-West Pacific Realm: Hainan Island (China), Ryuku Islands (Japan); Philippines; central and western Indonesia; Borneo, Malay Peninsula, including Thailand and southern Myanmar

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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: Barnes (2010); Crane (1975); Huang et al. (1989); Nakasone (1982); Nakasone et al. (1983); Shih et al. (2010); Shih et al. (2010)

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