Minuca osa / Osa Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca osa: Landstorfer, R.B., and C.D. Schubart (2010) A phylogeny of Pacific fiddler crabs of the subgenus Minuca (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ocypodidae: Uca) with the description of a new species from a tropical gulf in Pacific Costa Rica. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 48(3):214–218.

Taxonomy: Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca
Common Names: English: Osa Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology): Minuca osa, Uca osa
Size: Medium Carapace Breadth: 16.2 mm ± 3.55 (sd), 95% range: 9.3–23.2 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range: Eastern Pacific Realm: Costa Rica (Gulf of Dulce, Península de Osa) to Panama (Montijo Gulf); Download PNG line map of ranges. Download PNG line map of point locations.; 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: Landstorfer & Schubart (2010)
External Links: Encyclopedia of Life; Wikipedia; iNaturalist; NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank; GBIF