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Minuca victoriana

Victorian Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca victoriana
von Hagen, H.-O. (1987) Morphologie und Winkbalz einer neuen Uca-Art (Crustacea, Brachyura) aus dem Staat Espirito Santo (Brasilien) [Morphology and waving display of a new species of Uca (Crustacea, Brachyura) from the state of Espirito Santo (Brazil)]. Mitteilungen aus dem hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut 84:81–94.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca
Common Names
English: Victorian Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Minuca victoriana, Uca victoriana
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 7.5 mm ± 1.63 (sd), 95% range: 4.3–10.7 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: Brazil
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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: Thurman et al. (2013)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Castiglioni et al. (2010), Coelho (1994/1995), Coelho & Coelho-Filho (1993), Faria et al. (2014), Landstorfer & Schubart (2010), Masunari et al. (2020), Ng et al. (2008), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), von Hagen (1987)