Fiddler Crabs

Uca brevifrons

Narrow-fronted Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus brevifrons
Stimpson, W. 1860. Notes on North American Crustacea, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. II. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7:176-246.

Information

Subgenus
Minuca
Common Names
Narrow-fronted Fiddler Crab
Synonyms
Gelasimus brevifrons, Minuca brevifrons, Uca brevifrons var. delicata
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific: Panama to Mexico (southern Gulf of California)
Map data derived from: Crane (1975); Brusca (1980)

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