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hesperiae

History

Species
Gelasimus hesperiae
Original Usage
Uca (Thalassuca) vocans hesperiae
Original Source with Priority
Crane, J. (1975) Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Derivation
Named for its western distribution, after the Greek adjective for “evening” and “the west.”

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