Type Description

Species: Gelasimus crenulatus

• Lockington, W. N. 1877. Remarks on the Crustacea of the west coast of North America with a catalogue of the species in the museum of the California Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7:94-108,145-156.

Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Synonyms/Alternate Spelling: Gelasimus gracilus, Uca gracilis
Common Name: Mexican Fiddler Crab
Possibly sister species to Uca coloradensis
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - USA (Los Angeles County) to Mexico (Nayarit)

Pictures

These photos are from Steve Dunbar, taken from southern Baja Mexico (Gulf coast). I believe (but am not certain) they are Uca crenulata.

Video

No video available at this time.

References

Allen (1976); Alvarez del Castillo-Cet al. (1992); Barnwell (1976); Barnwell and Thurman (1984); Bates (1966); Brusca (1973, 1980); Bowlus and Somero (1979); Christy et al. (2002); Crane (1941, 1975); deRivera (2000, 2003 x 2, 2005); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); deRivera et al. (2003); Edney (1961); Garth (1960); Garth and Abbott (1980); Green (1980); Hendrickx (1979, 1984); Herrnkind (1983); Hinton (1969); Holmes (1900, 1904); Honegger (1973 x 2, 1976); Hubbard and Dugan (1989); Hueftle (1977); Hurman (2005); Johnson and Snook (1927); Jones (1941); Kinne (1963); Lehmann (1976); Leija-Tristán et al. (1990); Lockington (1877); Maccagno (1928); Murai and Backwell (2006); Naiditch et al. (2001); Neuffer et al. (2001); Palmer (1988); Rathbun (1893, 1898, 1900 = G. gracilis, 1918, 1923, 1924); Rheinsmith et al. (1974); Rhodes (1986); Ricketts et al. (1985); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Schmitt (1921); Stillman and Barnwell (2004); Sullivan and Tentori (1981); Thurman (1998, 2002, 2003 x 2, 2004 x 2, 2005); Thurman and Broghammer (2001); Wallace (1967); Webb (1983); Zeil (1998)