Uca maracoani

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Ucinae → Supertribe Ucitae → Tribe Ucini → Genus Uca → Subgenus Acanthoplax

Common Names

Dutch: Duivelskrab

English: Brazilian Fiddler Crab

Portuguese: Navalha, Tesoureiro, mão-no-ôlho

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Gelasima Maracoani, Gelasimus Maracoani, Gelasimus moracoani, Goneplax maracoani, Gonoplax maracoani, Ocypode (Gelasimus) maracoani, Ocypode maracoani, Uca (Acanthoplax) maracoani, Uca (Gelasimus) moracoani, Uca (Uca) maracoani, Uca (Uca) maracoani maracoani, Uca maracoani, Uca maracoani maracoani, Uca maraconai, Uça maracoani, Uça maraevani

Size

Large Carapace Breadth: 15.3 mm ± 8.86 (sd), 95% range: 0.0–32.6 mm (Data)

Geographic Range

Western Atlantic Realm: Venezuela to Brazil

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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: Thurman et al. (2013)

Associated Field Guides

Atlantic Coast of Colombia and Venezuela

Brazil

Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad and Tobago

External Links

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References

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