Type Description

Species: Cancer vocans major

• Herbst, J. F. W. 1782-1804. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse. Nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zurich: J. C. Fuessly.

Information

Subgenus: Uca
Synonyms/Alternate Spelling: Uca una, Ocypoda hetereochelos, Gelasimus platydactylus, Gelasimus grangeri
Geographic Range (Map): Western Atlantic - Panama to French Guiana, West Indies, Mexico (Veracruz to Tabasco)

See systematics for information on the taxonomic confusion between this species and Uca tangeri.

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References

Albrecht and von Hagen (1981); Barnwell (1986); Barnwell and Thurman (1984); Bott (1973 x 2); Chace and Hobbs (1969); Crane (1957 = U. hetereochelos, 1975); Curran and Martin (2003); von Hagen (1967, 1970 x 3, 1975); Herbst (1782); Holthuis (1979); ICZN (1983); Kingsley (1880 = G. heterocheles); Holthuis (1962); Lamarck (1801 = O. heterochelos); Leach (1814, 1815 = U. una, 1832); Manning and Holthuis (1981); Masunari (2006); Milne Edwards (1837, 1852 = G. platydactylus); Olivier (1811 = O. heterochelos); Ortmann (1894 = G. heterochelos, 1897 = U. platydactylus); Rankin (1898); Rathbun (1897, 1918, 1924 = U. heterochelos); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon and Atsaides (1968); Seba (1758 = Cancer Uka una, Brasiliensis); Schramm (1867 = G. grangeri); Shaw and Nodder (1802 = C. Uca); Thurman (1979, 1987); Young (1900 = G. heterocheles)