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Minuca marguerita

Olmec Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca marguerita
Thurman, C.L., II (1981) Uca marguerita, a new species of fiddler crab (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from eastern Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1):169–180.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Minuca
Common Names
English: Olmec Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Minuca marguerita, Uca (Minuca) marguerita, Uca marguerita
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 15.0 mm ± 3.77 (sd), 95% range: 7.6–22.3 mm (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: southeastern Mexico
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: Hopkins & Thurman (2010)
Associated Field Guides
Southeastern Gulf of Mexico
Southwestern Gulf of Mexico
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
GBIF

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References

Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Buitendijk (1950), Hernández Aguilera et al. (1996), Ng et al. (2008), Pérez-Mozqueda et al. (2014), Rathbun (1918), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), Thurman (1979), Thurman (1981), Utrera-López & Capistrán-Barradas (2013)