- Fiddler Crab
- Common English name is U.S., derives from the apparent motion of the small
claw while male crabs are feeding, as if it is moving a bow across the
large claw (the fiddle)
- Calling Crab
- Another common English name
- Cangrejo Violinista
- Spanish translation of the English “Fiddler Crab”
- Caranguejo Violinista
- Brazilian Portuguese translation of the English “Fiddler Crab”
- Winkerkrabbe
- German. Translates to “Waving Crab”
- Deaf Ear Crabs
- Common name on Jamaica. Appears to come from the superstition that
deafness and earache could be cured by pouring the juice from a crushed
living crab into the ear (Rathbun 1918; Barnwell 1986)
- Fever Crabs
- Common name for Uca pugilator on Barbados (Jones 1968)
- Maracoani, Ciecie Ete, & Ciecie Panema
- Local Brazilian names of certain species in the 1600's (Barnwell 1986)
- Siho maneki
- Japanese. Translates to “beckoning for the return of the tide”
(Boone 1927; Ricketts and Calvin 1948)
- Chama Marés
- Brazilian Portuguese. Translates to “tide recaller”
- Maestro-sastre
- Peru. Translates to “master tailor” (Boone 1927)
