Type Description

Species: Uca inaequalis


Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - El Salvador to northern Peru


Pictures

Uca inaequalis Uca inaequalis

Uca batuenta, Uca inaequalis, Uca saltitanta, & Uca oerstedi

The above photo includes fours species. On the far left, seen from behind, is U. batuenta. To it's right, seen mostly from the side is U. inaequalis. The large crab on the right is U. oerstedi. The smaller crab with the white claw, just to the left and behind him is U. saltitanta.

Photos by M. S. Rosenberg, fall of 1997, Rodman N.B., Panama City, Panama.


Video

U_inaequalis3.mpg 352 x 240
5.91 MB
50 sec.
MPEG-1
Uca inaequalis male and female feeding
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 14, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_inaequalis1.mpg 352 x 240
2.96 MB
25 sec.
MPEG-1
Uca inaequalis male waving
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 14, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_inaequalis2.mpg 352 x 240
2.24 MB
19 sec.
MPEG-1
Uca inaequalis male waving
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 14, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_inaequalis5.mpg 352 x 240
4.36 MB
37 sec.
MPEG-1
Uca inaequalis male waving
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 31, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_inaequalis4.mpg 352 x 240
27.5 MB
3:51
MPEG-1
Uca inaequalis surface mating
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 14, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg

References

Altevogt (1959, 1970); Bott (1954, 1973); Burkenroad (1947); Crane (1941, 1944, 1967, 1975); von Hagen (1968); Peters (1955); von Prahl (1982); Rathbun (1935); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon and Atsaides (1968); Yamaguchi (2001); Zeil et al. (1986)


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