Type Description

Species: Gelasimus ornatus

• Smith, S. I. 1870. Notes on American Crustacea. No. 1. Ocypodoidea. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science 2:113-176.

Information

Subgenus: Uca
Synonyms/Alternate Spelling: Gelasimus ornatus, Uca pizarri
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - El Salvador to Northern Peru

Pictures

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

These photos were provided by Jean-Thomas Bujard and were taken in Ecuador.

Video

	352 x 240 5.01 MB 42 sec. MPEG-1	Uca ornata male waving (Uca beebei in background) Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 9.86 MB 1:23 MPEG-1	Uca ornata male waving (Uca beebei in background) Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 7.58 MB 1:04 MPEG-1	Uca ornata male waving (Uca beebei in background) Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 6.24 MB 52 sec. MPEG-1	Uca ornata male waving, despite missing his major cheliped Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 44.7 MB 6:15 MPEG-1	Uca ornata male waving (Uca beebei in background) Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg

References

Crane (1941, 1957 = U. insignis, 1975); von Hagen (1968, 1970 = U. pizarri); Masunari et al. (2005); Rathbun (1918 = U. insignis); von Prahl and Toro (1985); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Smith (1870); Zeil et al. (1986)