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Ocypode (Gelasimus) lactea

Locations Where the Name has Been Applied

Purple fiddler crabs indicate locations where this name has been applied (whether correctly or incorrectly) in the scientific record; blue fiddler crabs surrounded by a dashed circle indicate the same but for larger, general regions; a skull and crossbones indicates locations where this name has been applied to a fossil; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken records from the scientific record.
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Publications Using this Name

Citation Where Applied to... Accepted Name Source of Accepted Note(s)
De Haan (1833-1850) text p. 26, 54; plate 15: figure 5 specimen: Japan Austruca lactea Original Type description
 
Herklots (1861) text p. 127 specimen: Japan [Musum of Leiden: Lot 163] Austruca lactea Original  
    citation: De Haan (1833-1850)Ocypode (Gelasimus) lactea Austruca lactea Computed