Fiddler Crabs

Uca marguerita

Olmec Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca marguerita
Thurman, C.L., II. 1981. Uca marguerita, a new species of fiddler crab (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from eastern Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1):169-180.

Information

Subgenus
Minuca
Common Names
Olmec Fiddler Crab
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico - Mexico (La Pesca, Tamaulipas to Rio San Pedro, Campeche)
Map data derived from: Hopkins & Thurman (2010)

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References

  • Barnwell, F.H., and C.L. Thurman, II. 1984. Taxonomy and biogeography of fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae: genus Uca) of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of eastern North America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81:23-87.
  • Felder, D.L., and J.L. Staton. 1994. Genetic differentiation in trans-Floridian species complexes of Sesarma and Uca (Decapoda: Brachyura). Journal of Crustacean Biology 14(2):191-209.
  • Hopkins, M.J., and C.L. Thurman, II. 2010. The geographic structure of morphological variation in eight species of fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae: genus Uca) from the eastern United States and Mexico. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100(1):248-270.
  • Nabout, J.C., L.C. Terribile, L.M. Bini, and J.A.F. Diniz-Filho. 2010. Phylogenetic autocorrelation and heritability of geographic range size, shape and position of fiddler crabs, genus Uca (Crustacea, Decapoda). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 48(2):102-108.
  • Raz-Guzman, A., and A.J. Sanchez. 1992. Registros adicionales de cangrejos braquiuros (Crustacea: Brachyura) de Laguna de Términos, Campeche. Anales del Instituto de Biología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología 63(1):29-45. {Additional records of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Laguna de Términos, Campeche}
  • Rosenberg, M.S. 2000. The Comparative Claw Morphology, Phylogeny, and Behavior of Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca). Pp. 182 in Ecology and Evolution (Stony Brook, NY: State University of New York at Stony Brook).
  • Rosenberg, M.S. 2002. Fiddler crab claw shape variation: A geometric morphometric analysis across the genus Uca. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 75(2):147-162.
  • Thurman, C.L., II. 1979. Fiddler crabs of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 301: University of Minnesota).
  • Thurman, C.L., II. 1981. Uca marguerita, a new species of fiddler crab (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from eastern Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1):169-180.
  • Thurman, C.L., II. 1982. On the distinctness of the fiddler crabs Uca minax (LeConte) and Uca longsignalis Salmon & Atsaides in their region of sympatry (Decapoda Brachyura, Ocypodidae). Crustaceana 43(1):37-50.
  • Thurman, C.L., II. 1987. Fiddler crabs (genus Uca) of eastern Mexico (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae). Crustaceana 53(1):94-105.
  • Thurman, C.L., II. 1998. Evaporative water loss, corporal temperature and the distribution of sympatric fiddler crabs (Uca) from south Texas. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 119A(1):279-286.