Melanesia

Includes Subareas

• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

Currently Recognized Species

• Austruca citrus
• Austruca mjoebergi
• Austruca perplexa
• Austruca triangularis
• Gelasimus excisa
• Gelasimus jocelynae
• Gelasimus tetragonon
• Gelasimus vomeris
• Paraleptuca crassipes
• Tubuca coarctata
• Tubuca dussumieri
• Tubuca flammula
• Tubuca seismella

Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

• Austruca (Cuneatuca) triangularis
• Austruca citrus
• Austruca mjoebergi
• Austruca perplexa
• Austruca triangularis
• Austruca variegata
• Gelasimus (Gelasimus) jocelynae
• Gelasimus Dussumieri
• Gelasimus Latreillei
• Gelasimus Marionis
• Gelasimus Marionis var. nitidus
• Gelasimus Urvillei
• Gelasimus annulipes
• Gelasimus annulipes var. lacteus
• Gelasimus arcuatus
• Gelasimus chlorophthalmus
• Gelasimus coarctatus
• Gelasimus cultrimanus
• Gelasimus cultrimanus var. marionis
• Gelasimus excisa
• Gelasimus forcipatus
• Gelasimus hesperiae
• Gelasimus inversus
• Gelasimus jocelynae
• Gelasimus lacteus
• Gelasimus latreillii
• Gelasimus marionis nitidus
• Gelasimus neocultrimana
• Gelasimus nitidus
• Gelasimus perplexus
• Gelasimus tetragonon
• Gelasimus tetragonum
• Gelasimus triangularis
• Gelasimus vocans
• Gelasimus vocans var. cultrimanus
• Gelasimus vomeris
• Gelsimus Dussumieri
• Mesuca (Latuca) neocultrimana
• Ocypode (Gelasimus) nov. spec.
• Paraleptuca crassipes
• Tubuca (Tubuca) urvillei
• Tubuca coarctata
• Tubuca dussumieri
• Tubuca flammula
• Tubuca seismella
• Tubuca urvillei
• Uca
• Uca (Amphiuca) chlorophthalmus chlorophthalmus
• Uca (Amphiuca) chlorophthalmus crassipes
• Uca (Australuca) bellator bellator
• Uca (Australuca) seismella
• Uca (Austruca) annulipes
• Uca (Austruca) lactea
• Uca (Austruca) occidentalis
• Uca (Austruca) perplexa
• Uca (Celuca) lactea lactea
• Uca (Celuca) triangularis
• Uca (Celuca) triangularis triangularis
• Uca (Deltuca) [coarctata] arcuata
• Uca (Deltuca) [coarctata] coarctata coarctata
• Uca (Deltuca) [coarctata] forcipata
• Uca (Deltuca) [coarctata] urvillei
• Uca (Deltuca) dussumieri dussumieri
• Uca (Gelasimus) neocultrimana
• Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon
• Uca (Gelasimus) vocans
• Uca (Gelasimus) vomeris
• Uca (Minuca) annulipes
• Uca (Minuca) gaimardi
• Uca (Minuca) lactea
• Uca (Paraleptuca) crassipes
• Uca (Paraleptuca) mjoebergi
• Uca (Paraleptuca) triangularis
• Uca (Thalassuca) tetragonon
• Uca (Thalassuca) vocans pacificensis
• Uca (Thalassuca) vocans vocans
• Uca (Tubuca) coarctata
• Uca (Tubuca) dussumieri
• Uca (Tubuca) urvillei
• Uca (Uca) dussumieri
• Uca (Uca) vocans
• Uca Marionis
• Uca Marionis var. excisa
• Uca Marionis var. nitida
• Uca Marionis var. nitidus
• Uca annulipes
• Uca arcuata
• Uca chlorophthalmus
• Uca coarctata
• Uca coarctata coarctata
• Uca coarctata flammula
• Uca crassipes
• Uca cultrimana
• Uca dussumieri
• Uca dussumieri dussumieri
• Uca gaimardi
• Uca ischnodactyla
• Uca ischnodactylus
• Uca jocelynae
• Uca lactea
• Uca lactea lactea
• Uca latreillei
• Uca marionis forme excisa
• Uca marionis nitida
• Uca marionis nitidus
• Uca mjoebergi
• Uca neocultrimana
• Uca nitidus
• Uca novae-guineae
• Uca novaeguineae
• Uca novaegunieae
• Uca perplexa
• Uca seismella
• Uca signata var. angustifrons
• Uca signatus var. angustifrons
• Uca sp.
• Uca tetragonon
• Uca triangularis
• Uca triangularis bengali
• Uca triangularis triangularis
• Uca urvillei
• Uca vocans
• Uca vocans pacificensis
• Uca vocans vomeris
• Uca vomeris

Specific Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

• angustifrons
• annulipes
• arcuata
• bellator
• bengali
• chlorophthalmus
• citrus
• coarctata
• crassipes
• cultrimana
• dussumieri
• excisa
• flammula
• forcipata
• gaimardi
• hesperiae
• inversa
• ischnodactylus
• jocelynae
• lactea
• latreillei
• marionis
• mjoebergi
• neocultrimana
• nitida
• novaeguineae
• occidentalis
• pacificensis
• perplexa
• seismella
• tetragonon
• triangularis
• urvillei
• variegata
• vocans
• vomeris

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