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pugilator

History

Species
Leptuca pugilator
Original Usage
Ocypoda pugilator
Original Source with Priority
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802) Histoire naturelle des crustacés, contenant leur description et leurs moeurs; avec figures dessinées d'après nature, Volume 1. Paris: Deterville.
Derivation
The name derives from the Latin word for “boxing” (fighting)

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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Binomials Using this Specific Name