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Uca marionis var. vomeris

McNeill (1920)

Uca marionis var. vomeris: McNeill (1920) image
This drawing is from McNeill (1920). It is part of the image accompanying the type description of Gelasimus vomeris. McNeill was trying to illustrate variation in the major claw of the vomeris variety (#3-6) and the "typical" variety (#10-11, which he called Uca marionis, but we now call Gelasimus vocans). He labeled claws #7-9 as intermediate between the two varieties. In fact, we now know that most of the illustrated variation (particularly in the "intermediates") is due to regenerated vs. non-regenerated claws, and, based on sampling locations, all of these are from Gelasimus vomeris, except for claw #11 which is from the species Gelasimus excisa.