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Gelasimus hesperiae

Western Calling Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca vocans hesperiae
Crane, J. (1975) Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus GelasimusSubgenus Gelasimus
Common Names
English: Western Calling Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus hesperiae, Thalassuca vocans hesperiae, Uca hesperiae, Uca vocans hesperiae, Uca vocans hesperiae
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 18.5 mm ± 4.24 (sd), 95% range: 10.2–26.8 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: coastline of the Indian Ocean from South Africa to western Thailand; western Sumatra
Red markers indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue markers represent false or mistaken observations from the scientific record; green markers represent “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist.
Range map data derived from: Crane (1975); Fransen et al. (1997); Jaroensutasinee & Tantichodok (2002); Poupin et al. (2018)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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