Minuca burgersi
Burger's Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Uca burgersi Holthuis, L.B. (1967) On a new species of Uca from the West Indian region (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ocypodidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 42(6):51–54.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Minuca burgersi Uca burgersi Uca (Leptuca) burgersi Uca (Minuca) burgersi Uca bergersi Uca bergersii Uca burgers Uca burgersi Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 11.4 mm ± 3.22 (sd), 95% range: 5.1–17.7 mm (Data )
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: southern Mexico to Venezuela; USA (southern Florida); throughout Caribbean islands
Purple fiddler crabs iNaturalist ; yellow circles with a question mark
Range map data derived from: Abele & Kim (1986) ; Barnwell & Thurman (1984) ; Barnwell (1986) ; Crane (1975) ; Powers (1977) ; Thurman (1987) ; Thurman et al. (2013) ; Thurman et al. (2023) ; Thurmsan2010
Associated Field Guides
Atlantic Coast of Central America Atlantic Coast of Colombia and Venezuela Caribbean Islands Cuba South Coast of Florida, USA Southeastern Gulf of Mexico Southwestern Gulf of Mexico The Bahamas External Links
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Abele & Kim (1986) ,
Almeida & Coelho (2008) ,
Andersen et al. (1990) ,
Baldwin & Kirschener (1976) ,
Baldwin & Kirschener (1976) ,
Barlow (1977) ,
Barnwell (1982) ,
Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) ,
Bliss (1960) ,
Boone (1929) ,
Bott (1954) ,
Bott (1973) ,
Buitendijk (1950) ,
Castiglioni et al. (2010) ,
Chace & Hobbs (1969) ,
Coelho (1994/1995) ,
Coelho et al. (2008) ,
Coelho & Coelho-Filho (1993) ,
Crane (1941) ,
Crane (1943) ,
Crane (1975) ,
Diez & Soto-Borrero (2016) ,
Felder et al. (2009) ,
Finol & Croghan (1983) ,
Fontaine & Barnwell (1988) ,
Fransen et al. (1997) ,
García-Madrigal et al. (2022) ,
Gibbs (1974) ,
Gibbs & Bryan (1972) ,
Golley et al. (1962) ,
Greenspan (1975) ,
Hailman (1977) ,
Hartnoll (1988) ,
Hazlett (1972) ,
Heit (1974) ,
Hernández Roa et al. (2009) ,
Holthuis (1959) ,
Holthuis (1959) ,
Holthuis (1967) ,
Jones (1980) ,
Jones (1968) ,
Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003) ,
Kingsley (1880) ,
Landstorfer & Schubart (2010) ,
Maccagno (1928) ,
Manning & Holthuis (1981) ,
Mantel & Farmer (1983) ,
Masunari et al. (2020) ,
McFadden & Thurman (2003) ,
Mertens (1940) ,
Miller & Vernberg (1968) ,
Miller et al. (2013) ,
Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1923) ,
Monod (1956) ,
Nabout et al. (2010) ,
Ng et al. (2008) ,
Nutting (1919) ,
Oliveira (1939) ,
Onadeko et al. (2015) ,
Ortmann (1897) ,
Oyenekan (1995) ,
Pachelle et al. (2016) ,
Pearse (1916) ,
Powers (1977) ,
Rathbun (1897) ,
Rathbun (1900) ,
Rathbun (1918) ,
Rathbun (1921) ,
Rathbun (1933) ,
Rodriguez (1993) ,
Rosenberg (2000) ,
Rosenberg (2001) ,
Rosenberg (2002) ,
Rosenberg (2019) ,
Rosenberg (2020) ,
Salmon (1967) ,
Salmon & Atsaides (1968) ,
Salmon & Atsaides (1968) ,
Salmon & Horch (1972) ,
Schmidt-Nielsen et al. (1968) ,
Shields et al. (2015) ,
Shih et al. (2016) ,
Streets (1872) ,
Thorbjarnarson (1988) ,
Thurman (1979) ,
Thurman (1981) ,
Thurman et al. (2007) ,
Tseng et al. (2020) ,
Vélez (1967) ,
von Hagen (1968) ,
von Hagen (1970) ,
von Hagen (1970) ,
von Hagen (1975) ,
von Hagen (1976) ,
von Hagen (1980) ,
von Hagen (1987) ,
Warner (1977) ,
Weis (1977) ,
Welsh (1955) ,
Weygoldt (1977) ,
Williams & Heng (1981) ,
Yamaguchi (1977) ,
Young (1900)
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.
