Type Description

Species: Uca ecuadoriensis

• Maccagno, T. 1928. Crostacei Decapodi. Le specie del genere Uca Leach conservate nel Regio Museo Zoologico di Torino. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino 41(11):1-52.

Information

Subgenus: Minuca
Synonyms/Alternate Spelling: Uca schmitti, Uca lanigera
Common Name: Pacific Hairback Fiddler Crab
Possibly sister species to Uca vocator
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - Mexico (Kino Bay, Sonora) to northern Peru

Pictures

Photo by M. S. Rosenberg, fall of 1997, Diablo Creek, Panama City, Panama.

These pictures were provided by Chris Lukhaup. The crabs are from Ecuador and are most likely Uca ecuadoriensis.

Six months old, including some double-clawed males. The photos were provided by Hans-Georg Rupp.

Uca ecuadoriensis zoeae. The photos were provided by Hans-Georg Rupp.

Uca ecuadoriensis megalopae. This photo was provided by Hans-Georg Rupp.

Very early stage crab. This photo was provided by Hans-Georg Rupp.

Video

	352 x 240 2.77 MB 23 sec. MPEG-1	Closeup of Uca ecuadoriensis male feeding Diablo Creek, Diablo, Panama (November 29, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 2.89 MB 24 sec. MPEG-1	Closeup of Uca ecuadoriensis male feeding Diablo Creek, Diablo, Panama (November 29, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 3.23 MB 27 sec. MPEG-1	Uca ecuadoriensis small male waving Diablo Creek, Diablo, Panama (November 29, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 4.22 MB 35 sec. MPEG-1	Long shot of Uca ecuadoriensis waving Diablo Creek, Diablo, Panama (November 29, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg

References

Bott (1973 = U. lanigera); Brusca (1973 = U. mordax, 1980); Crane (1941 = U. mordax, 1943 = U. schmitti, 1975); Garth (1948 = U. schmitti); von Hagen (1968, 1970 = U. lanigera); Hendrickx (1979, 1984); Levinton et al. (1996); Maccagno (1928); Nobili (1901 = U. vocator); von Prahl (1982); Rathbun (1918 = U. mordax); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Rupp (2006); Sturmbauer et al. (1996)