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chlorophthalmus

History

Species
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus
Original Usage
Gelasimus chlorophthalmus
Original Source with Priority
Milne Edwards, H. (1837) Historie naturelle des crustaces comprenant l-anatomie, la physiologie et las classification des ces animaux, Volume 2. Paris.
Derivation
Latin for “green-eyed.”

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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