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pugnax

History

Species
Minuca pugnax
Original Usage
Gelasimus pugnax
Original Source with Priority
Smith, S.I. (1870) Notes on American Crustacea. No. 1. Ocypodoidea. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science 2:113–176.
Derivation
The name derives from the Latin word for “quarrelsome”

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