Type Description

Species: Uca thayeri

• Rathbun, M. J. 1900. Results of the Branner-Agassiz expedition to Brazil. I. The decapod and stomatopod Crustacea. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:133-156.

Information

Subgenus: Minuca
Common Names: Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab, Thayer's Fiddler Crab
Possibly sister species to Uca umbratila
Geographic Range (Map): Western Atlantic - Florida, West Indies, Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

Pictures

U. thayeri captured by Callinectes

These photos were taken from a website of West Indian Natural History.

Video

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References

Abele and Kim (1986); Albrecht and von Hagen (1981); Altevogt (1969); Anger et al. (1990); Armendariz (2005); Barnwell (1963, 1986); Barnwell and Thurman (1984); Bott (1954, 1973); Bezerra et al. (2006); Castiglioni and Negreiros-Fransozo (2004, 2005, 2006); Chace and Hobbs (1969); Christopher and Salmon (2005); Christy (1987); Christy and Salmon (1984); Crane (1941, 1957, 1958, 1975); Costa and Negreiros-Fransozo (2002); Costa et al. (2006); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); Detto et al. (2004); Diniz Filhol (1990); Gerlach (1958); Guinot (1979); von Hagen (1962, 1967, 1970 x 3, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1987); Hemmi et al. (2006); Henmi (2003); Herrnkind (1983); Holthuis (1959); Horch et al. (2002); Hurman (2005); Jordão et al. (2007); Kellmeyer and Salmon (2001); Koch and Wolff (2002); Koga et al. (2000); Lemos de Castro (1962); Levinton et al. (1996); Litulo (2005); Marcgrave (1648 = Cicie Ete); Martínez (2004); Masunari (2006); Masunari and Dissenha (2005); Masunari and Swiech-Ayoub (2003); Masunari et al. (2005); McLain et al. (2003); Miller (1965); Murai (1992); Negreiros-Fransozo et al. (2003); Nickol et al. (2002); Powers (1977); Rathbun (1900, 1902, 1918, 1933); Rhodes (1986); Rodriguez (1980); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Ruppert and Fox (1988); Salmon (1966, 1967, 1987, 1988); Salmon and Atsaides (1968); Salmon and Horch (1972); Salmon and Zucker (1988); Schwamborn et al. (2002); Shih et al. (2005); Sturmbauer et al. (1996); Tashian and Vernberg (1958); Thurman (1979, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005); Vernberg and Costlow (1966); Vernberg and Tashian (1959); Vernberg and Vernberg (1967, 1975); Warner (1969); Weaver and Salmon (2002); Weis (1977); Wilson (1989); Yamaguchi (2001 x 2); Zeil (1998)