Type Description

Species: Uca terpsichores

• Crane, J. 1941. Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXVI. Crabs of the genus Uca from the west coast of Central America. Zoologica NY 26:145-208.

Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Sister species to Uca musica
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - Nicaragua to northern Peru

Pictures

Photo by P. Backwell, Panama City, Panama.

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

Video

	352 x 240 2.49 MB 21 sec. MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores male waving Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 4.04 MB 34 sec. MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores male waving Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 3.99 MB 33 sec. MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores male waving Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 4.80 MB 40 sec. MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores male waving Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 2.81 MB 24 sec. MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores male waving by hood Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 10.3 MB 1:26 MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores male waving Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 6.94 MB 58 sec. MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores males displaying, with quick grab and throw ~36 seconds into clip Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 7.78 MB 1:05 MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores males fighting Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 2.12 MB 18 sec. MPEG-1	Uca terpsichores males fighting Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg

References

Note: Most studies of Uca terpsichores use the name of its sister species, Uca musica, since U. terpsichores has often been considered a subspecies.

Altevogt (1972); Bott (1954, 1973); Brusca (1980); Burford et al. (2001); Christy (1987, 1988 x 2, 2003); Christy and Dennenmoser (2006); Christy et al. (1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 x 2, 2005); Christy and Backwell (2006); Crane (1941, 1943 x 2, 1944, 1957, 1966, 1975); Daleo et al. (2003); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); Doherty (1982); Ghent and Zucker (1990); von Hagen (1968); Hartnoll (1988); Hyatt (1975); Johnson (2003); Kim et al. (2004 x 2, 2006); Layne (1998); Levinton and Allen (2005); Murai et al.(1987); Nakasone et al. (1983); Oliveira et al. (1998); Peters (1955); Pratt et al. (2005); Ribeiro et al. (2006); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon (1983); Salmon and Hyatt (1983); Yamaguchi (2002); Yamaguchi and Tabata (2004); Yamaguchi et al. (2005); Zucker (1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 = U. musica, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986); Zucker and Denny (1979)