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Gelasimus borealis

Northern Calling Fiddler Crab

Gelasimus borealis

Type Description

Uca vocans borealis
Crane, J. (1975) Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus GelasimusSubgenus Gelasimus
Common Names
Chinese: 凹指招潮蟹, 北方呼喚招潮蟹
English: Northern Calling Fiddler Crab
Japanese: ホンコンシオマネキ
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus (Gelasimus) borealis, Gelasimus borealis, Thalassuca vocans borealis, Uca (Gelasimus) borealis, Uca (Thalassuca) borealis, Uca (Thalassuca) vocans borealis, Uca borealis, Uca vocans borealis
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.9 mm ± 4.78 (sd), 95% range: 8.5–27.2 mm (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Vietnam, China, Taiwan, and Japan
Purple fiddler crabs indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue fiddler crabs surrounded by a dashed circle indicate the same but for larger, general regions; green fiddler crabs indicate “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist; yellow circles with a question mark indicate questionable records of this species from the scientific record; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken records from the scientific record.
Range map data derived from: Crane (1975); Jones & Morton (1994); Shih et al. (2010); Shih et al. (2010); Shih et al. (2016)
Associated Field Guides
Eastern Malay Peninsula and Mainland Southeast Asia
Main Islands of Japan
Mainland China and Hainan
Taiwan
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

Balss (1922), Barnwell (1982), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bouchard et al. (2013), Cai et al. (1998), Chen et al. (2018), Chertoprud et al. (2012), Chhapgar (1957), Crane (1975), Fukui et al. (1989), Gee (1925), Gordon (1931), Guo et al. (2019), Ho et al. (1993), Hsieh et al. (2002), Hsueh (1996), Kwok & Tang (2006), Levinton et al. (1996), Miyake et al. (1962), Nabout et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Ng et al. (2017), Ng et al. (2001), Nhưộng (2003), Parisi (1918), Pesta (1911), Pesta (1913), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2013), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Sakai (1934), Sakai (1936), Sakai (1936 [1935]), Sakai (1939), Sakai (1940), Shen (1940), Shen (1940), Shih et al. (2013), Shih et al. (2008), Shih et al. (2010), Shih et al. (2016), Shih et al. (2010), Shih & Tseng (1999), Stimpson (1858), Stimpson (1907), Sturmbauer et al. (1996), Su & Lue (1984), Suzuki et al. (2003), Takahasi (1934), Takahasi (1935), Tanase & Wada (2019), Tang et al. (2007), Ting et al. (2020), Tseng et al. (2020), Tue et al. (2012), Wada (2001), Wada (2019), Wang et al. (2020), Wu (1992), Yamaguchi & Takeda (1973), Yang et al. (2019), Yun et al. (2015), Zou et al. (1999)