Type Description

Species: Uca spinicarpa

• Rathbun, M. J. 1900. Synopses of North-American invertebrates. XI. The Catometopous or Grapsoid crabs of North America. American Naturalist 34(403):583-592.

Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Common Name: Spined Fiddler Crab
Possibly sister species to Uca speciosa
Geographic Range (Map): Western Atlantic - Northwest Florida to Tabasco, Mexico

Pictures

Photo taken at Galveston, TX. Provided by M. Wicksten.

Video

No video available at this time.

References

Abele and Kim (1986); Balbort and Thurman (1997); Barnwell (1986); Barnwell and Thurman (1984); Castiglioni and Negreiros-Fransozo (2006); Costa and Negreiros-Fransozo (2002); Costa et al. (2006); Crane (1944, 1975); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); Felder and Staton (1994); Fotheringham and Brunenmeister (1975); von Hagen (1980); Hasek and Rabalais (2001); Johnson (2003); Lim (2006); Lim and Deong (2003); Litulo (2005 x 2); Mace and McGraw (1985); Mangum and Greaves (1996); Mouton and Felder (1995, 1996); Nickol et al. (2002); Powers (1977); Rathbun (1900 x 2, 1918); Raz-Guzman and Sanchez (1992); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon and Atsaides (1968 x 2); Salmon and Horch (1972); Salmon et al. (1979); Suzawa et al. (1993); Thurman (1979, 1984, 1987, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 x 2, 2004 x 2, 2005); Yamaguchi (2001)