Type Description

Species: Uca vocans hesperiae

• Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Information

Subgenus: Gelasimus
Possibly sibling species to Uca vocans, Uca borealis, Uca neocultrimana, Uca dampieri, and Uca vomeris
Geographic Range (Map): Indian Ocean - South Africa to Somalia, Southern India, Burma, Thailand, Western Indonesia, Western Malaysia

Pictures

This photo was taken from Stefano Cannicci's website.

These photos are from A Field Guide to Kenyan Mangroves.

Video

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References

Altevogt (1955 x 2 = U. marionis, 1956 x 2, 1957 x 2 = U. vocans); Altevogt and Davis (1979 = U. vocans); Barnwell (1982); Cannicci et al. (1999); Castiglioni and Negreiros-Fransozo (2005, 2006); Costa and Negreiros-Fransozo (2002); Crane (1975); Davis (1987 = U. vocans); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); Frith and Frith (1978); Hartnoll (1975 = U. vocans); Icely and Jones (1978); Jaroensutasinee and Jaroensutasinee (2004); Jaroensutasinee and Tantichodok (2002); Johnson (2003); Levinton et al. (1996); Litulo (2004 x 2, 2005 x 3); Macnae (1963 = U. marionis); Matsumasa et al. (2002); Paula et al. (2004 = U. vocans); Rao and Rao (1982 = U. marionis); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Shih et al. (1999); Skov et al. (2005 = U. vocans); Sturmbauer et al. (1996); Takeda et al. (2004); Vannini and Valmori (1981); Walker (1972 = U. marionis); Yamaguchi (2001 x 2, 2002); Yamaguchi and Henmi (2001); Yamaguchi et al. (2005); Yeragi and Koli (1999 = U. marionis); Yeragi et al. (2000, 2002 = U. marionis); Zeil and Layne (2002)