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Pacific coast of Central America

Applicable Field Guides
Pacific Coast of Guatemala; Pacific Coasts of Costa Rica and Panama; Pacific Coasts of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua
Included Within
Central America, Eastern Pacific Ocean
Approximate Coordinates
11.917147°N, 86.635893°W
A purple fiddler crab (local) or a blue fiddler crab surrounded by a dashed circle (regional) indicates the coordinates used to represent this location; yellow fiddler crabs indicate all sublocations contained within this location; a skull and crossbones indicates fossil-only locations or sub-locations; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken locations.

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Currently Recognized Species

Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

Specific Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

References

Abele & Kim (1989), Altevogt (1955)†, Altevogt (1955)†, Altevogt (1957)†, Altevogt (1957)†, Altevogt (1959)†, Altevogt (1962)†, Altevogt (1969)†, Altevogt (1970)†, Andersen et al. (1990)†, Aspey (1978)†, Backwell et al. (1998), Barnwell (1968), Barnwell (1968)†, Barnwell (1988), Barnwell & Stillman (1990), Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bergin (1981)†, Boone (1927), Boone (1929), Boone (1930), Bott (1954), Bott (1958)†, Bott (1973)†, Brusca (1980), Buitendijk (1950)†, Burkenroad (1947)†, Cano (1889), Cano (1889), Christy (1985), Christy (1988), Christy & Dennenmoser (2006), Christy et al. (1996), Cortes-Carrasco & del Socorro Garcia-Madrigal (2013)†, Crane (1941), Crane (1943)†, Crane (1943)†, Crane (1943)†, Crane (1957), Crane (1958)†, Crane (1975)†, Dittel & Epifanio (1990), Dittel et al. (1991), Doflein (1899), Doherty (1982)†, Domínguez Alonso (2008), Dumortier (1963)†, Dunham & Gilchrist (1988)†, Faxon (1895)†, Félix-Pico et al. (2003)†, Ferraris & Norenburg (1997), Fingerman (1970)†, Fingerman (1988)†, García-Madrigal et al. (2022)†, Garth (1948), Garth (1957)†, Ghent & Zucker (1990), Glassell (1934)†, González (2024), Greenspan (1975)†, Guinot-Dumortier & Dumortier (1960)†, Hartnoll (1988)†, Hendrickx (1995)†, Holthuis (1954)†, Holthuis (1954), Hugie (2004), Hult (1939)†, Jones & Epifanio (2005)†, Kerr et al. (2010), Kim et al. (2006), Kingsley (1880), Landstorfer & Schubart (2010), Lemaitre & Alvarez León (1992)†, Levinton et al. (1996), Lockington (1877), Low & Ng (2012)†, Luederwaldt (1919)†, Luque et al. (2017), Maccagno (1928), Moscoso (2012)†, Moscoso (2013)†, Naderloo et al. (2016)†, Ng et al. (2008)†, Nobili (1897), Nobili (1899)†, Nobili (1901), Oliveira (1939)†, Ortmann (1894)†, Ortmann (1897)†, Pesta (1931), Peters (1955)†, Portell et al. (2012), Porter (1913)†, Porter (1917)†, Powers (1975)†, Powers & Bliss (1983)†, Powers & Cole (1976)†, Ramos-Veliz et al. (2022)†, Rankin (1898)†, Rao (1985)†, Rathbun (1897)†, Rathbun (1899)†, Rathbun (1904), Rathbun (1911)†, Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1924)†, Rathbun (1924)†, Retamal (1981)†, Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002)†, Rosenberg (2019)†, Rosenberg (2020), Salmon & Hyatt (1983)†, Sastry (1983)†, Schöne (1961)†, Shih et al. (2016), Skov & Hartnoll (2001)†, Smith (1870), Smith (1871)†, Strauch & Abele (1979), Streets (1877)†, Thurman (1979)†, Thurman et al. (2025), von Hagen (1962)†, von Hagen (1968)†, von Hagen (1970)†, von Hagen (1970)†, von Hagen (1975)†, von Hagen & Holthuis (1968)†, von Prahl (1981)†, von Prahl & Guhl (1979)†, Vorsatz (2009)†, Wada (1993)†, Yamaguchi (1971)†, Young (1900)†, Zucker (1972), Zucker (1973), Zucker (1974), Zucker (1976), Zucker (1977), Zucker (1978), Zucker & Denny (1979)

Entries marked with † represent indirect references to location through citation.