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latimanus

History

Species
Leptuca latimanus
Original Usage
Gelasimus latimanus
Original Source with Priority
Rathbun, M.J. (1893) Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 16(933):223–260.
Derivation
unknown

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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