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angustifrons

History

Primary Senior Synonym: Tubuca bellator
Original Usage: Gelasimus signatus var. angustifrons
Original Source with Priority: De Man, J.G. (1891) Carcinological studies in the Leyden Museum. No. 5. Notes from the Leyden Museum 13(1):1–61.
Derivation: Latin for “narrow-brow” or “narrow-forehead”

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Gelasimus signatus var. angustifrons De Man, 1891, is a junior synonym of Tubuca bellator (White, 1847).

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