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Gelasimus vomeris

Southern Calling Fiddler Crab; Two-toned Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca vomeris
McNeill, F.A. (1920) Studies in Australian carcinology. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 13:105–109.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus GelasimusSubgenus Gelasimus
Common Names
English: Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab, Southern Calling Fiddler Crab, Two-toned Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Galasimus vomeris, Gelasimus vomeris, Uca marionis var. vomeris, Uca vocans vomeris, Uca vomeris
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 15.9 mm ± 4.85 (sd), 95% range: 6.4–25.4 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: east coast of Australia, New Caledonia, possibly eastern New Guinea
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: Crane (1975); George & Jones (1982); Poupin & Juncker (2010); von Hagen & Jones (1989)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

Alongi & Sasekumar (1992), Barnwell (1982), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bouchard et al. (2013), Bywater et al. (2009), Bywater et al. (2011), Bywater et al. (2012), Bywater et al. (2014), Bywater & Wilson (2010), Bywater & Wilson (2010), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), Dakin (1952), Davie (1982), Dev Roy & Bhadra (2005), Dye & Lasiak (1986), Dye & Lasiak (1987), Frith et al. (1976), George & Jones (1982), Hartnoll (1988), Hemmi & Tomsic (2015), Hemmi & Zeil (2003), Jaroensutasinee & Jaroensutasinee (2004), Jones & George (1982), Juncker & Poupin (2009), Kingsley (1880), Macnae (1966), Macnae (1967), Macnae (1968), McNeill (1920), McNeill (1962), Morgan (1990), Mulstay (1987), Murniati & Pratiwi (2015), Musgrave (1929), Nabout et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Ng & Richer de Forges (2007), Omori & Holthuis (2000), Omori & Holthuis (2005), Onadeko et al. (2015), Otani et al. (2023), Oyenekan (1995), Peer et al. (2015), Poupin (2010), Pülmanns et al. (2016), Rathbun (1926), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2013), Rosenberg (2014), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2013), Shih et al. (2010), Shih et al. (2016), Snelling (1959), Torres et al. (2008), Veitch (1978), Vermeiren et al. (2015), Vermeiren & Sheaves (2014), Wada (2020), Ward (1928), Weis (2012), Williams & Heng (1981), Williams et al. (1980), Zeil & Hemmi (2001), Zeil et al. (2006)