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grandimanus

History

Primary Senior Synonym
Unknown
Original Usage
Gonoplax grandimanus
Original Source with Priority
Lamarck, J.-B.P.A.d. Museum label.
Derivation
Latin for “large-handed.”

Notes/Comments

This name, which derives from a museum label, only appears in print (Lamarck, 1818) as a synonym of Uca maracoani (Latreille, 1802). Because of so much uncertainy among species designations at that time, the exact species cannot be determined.

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