Type Description

Species: Uca vomeris

• McNeill, F. A. 1920. Studies in Australian carcinology. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 13:105-109.

Information

Subgenus: Gelasimus
Possibly sibling species to Uca vocans, Uca borealis, Uca neocultrimana, Uca dampieri, and Uca hesperiae
Geographic Range (Map): Western Pacific - Australia (Queensland & New South Wales), Papa New Guinea, Melanesia

Pictures

This photo is from George and Jones (1982).

I believe this is U. vomeris because it appears to be a species from the vocans group, the claw shape is correct, and the colors appear to match some photos from Zeil and Hofmann (2001). It was found on the following website.

Video

No video available at this time.

References

Barnwell (1982); Collett (2003); Crane (1975); Dakin (1952); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); Detto et al. (2004); George and Jones (1982); von Hagen (1993); von Hagen and Jones (1989); Hemmi (2005 x 2); Hemmi and Zeil (2003 x 3, 2005); Hemmi et al. (2006); Henmi (2003); Jones and George (1982); Jordão et al. (2007); Koga et al. (1998, 2000); Layne et al. (2003 x 2); Macnae (1966 = U. vocans); Masunari et al. (2005); McNeill (1920, 1962 = U. marionis); Meziane et al. (2006 = U. vocans); Murai (1992 = U. vocans); Murai et al. (1996); Oliveira and Custódio (1998 = U. vocans); Rathbun (1926); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon (1984 x 2, 1987 = U. vocans); Salmon and Zucker (1988 = U. vocans); Severinghaus and Lin (1990); Shih et al. (1999); Veitch (1978 = U. vocans); Williams and Heng (1981 = U. vocans); Williams et al. (1980 = U. vocans); Yamaguchi (2001, 2003); Yamaguchi and Henmi (2001); Zeil (1998); Zeil and Hemmi (2006); Zeil and Hofmann (2001); Zeil and Layne (2002); Zeil and Zanker (1997); Zeil et al. (2006); Zucker (1984 = U. vocans)