Type Description

Species: Gelasimus chlorophthalmus

• Milne Edwards, H. 1852. Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie. Série 3 18:109-166.

Information

Subgenus: Paraleptuca
Synonyms/Alternate Spelling: Uca amazonensis
Possibly sister species to Uca crassipes
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Africa - Kenya to South Africa, Madagascar

Pictures

These photos are from A Field Guide to Kenyan Mangroves.

Video

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References

Barnard (1950); Bergey and Weis (2006); Bott (1973); Bouvier (1915); Cannicci et al. (1999); Castiglioni and Negreiros-Fransozo (2005, 2006); Costa and Negreiros-Fransozo (2002); Crane (1958, 1966, 1967, 1975); Day (1969); Day and Morgans (1956); Doflein (1899 = U. amazonensis); Edney (1961); Forest and Guinot (1961); Fourmanoir (1953); Gordon (1955, 1958); Guérin-Méneville (1829-1843); Hartnoll (1975 = U. gaimardi, 1988); Hilgendorf (1869, 1879); Icely and Jones (1978); Johnson (2003); Kingsley (1880); Krauss (1843); Krishnan (1992); Litulo (2004 x 2, 2005 x 3 = U. gaimardi, 2006); Maccagno (1928 = U. amazonensis); Macnae (1963); Macnae and Kalik (1958); McLeay (1838); Milne Edwards (1852); Mohrherr (1984, 1987); Paula et al. (2004); Richmond (1997); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Shih et al. (2005); Stebbing (1910); Takeda and Murai (2003); Vannini and Valmori (1981); Vannini et al. (2001); Vatova (1943 = U. gaimardi); Warner (1969); Weis and Weis (2004); White (1847); Yamaguchi (2001 x 2, 2002); Yamaguchi et al. (2005)