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Uca monilifera

Necklaced Fiddler Crab

Uca monilifera

Type Description

Uca monilifera
Rathbun, M.J. (1915) New genera and species of American Brachyrhynchous crabs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2047):117–129.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily UcinaeSupertribe UcitaeTribe UciniGenus UcaSubgenus Uca
Common Names
English: Necklaced Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Uca molinifera, Uca monilfera, Uca monilifera, Uca monolifera, Uca princeps monilifera
Size
Very Large Carapace Breadth: 45.5 mm ± 2.68 (sd), 95% range: 40.3–50.7 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: Gulf of California (Mexico)
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: Brusca (1980); Crane (1975)
External Links
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References

Agassiz (?), Artal (2008), Barnwell & Stillman (1990), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bott (1954), Brusca (1973), Brusca (1980), Crane (1941), Crane (1975), Domínguez Alonso (2008), Garth (1960), Haney & Pope (2007), Hendrickx (1984), Hendrickx (1993), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (2005), Maccagno (1928), Mangum (1993), Nabout et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Oliveira (1939), Rathbun (1915), Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1926), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2014), Rosenberg (2018), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), Thurman (1979), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1970)