Type Description

Species: Gelasimus speciosus

• Ives, J. E. 1891. Crustacea from the northern coast of Yucatan, the harbor of Vera Cruz, the west coast of Florida and the Bermuda Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 43:176-207.

Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Common Name: Longfinger Fiddler Crab
Possibly sister species to Uca spinicarpa
Geographic Range (Map): Western Atlantic - USA (Florida), Mexico (Yucatan), Cuba

Pictures

This photo was taken in Florida and was provided by Chris Lukhaup.

Video

No video available at this time.

References

Abele and Kim (1986); Altevogt (1959); Barnwell (1986); Barnwell and Thurman (1984); Chace and Hobbs (1969); Crane (1957, 1966, 1975); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); Felder and Staton (1994); von Hagen (1970, 1980); Hurman (2005); Ives (1891); Miller (1965); Nobili (1899); Palmer (1973); Powers (1977); Rathbun (1918); Rhodes (1986); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon (1967); Salmon and Atsaides (1968 x 2); Salmon and Horch (1972); Salmon et al. (1979); Spaargaren (1975); Suzawa et al. (1993); Tashian (1956); Thurman (1979, 1981, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003 x 2, 2004, 2005); Weaver and Salmon (2002); Weis (1977); Yamaguchi and Henmi (2001)