Gelasimus vomeris
Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Uca vomeris McNeill, F.A. (1920) Studies in Australian carcinology. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 13:105–109.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Gelasimus → Subgenus Gelasimus Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Galasimus vomeris Gelasimus (Gelasimus) vomeris Gelasimus vomeris Uca (Gelasimus) vomeris Uca (Thalassuca) vocans vomeris Uca marionis var. vomeris Uca vocans vomeris Uca vomeris Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 16.0 mm ± 4.88 (sd), 95% range: 6.4–25.5 mm (Data )
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: east coast of Australia, New Caledonia, possibly eastern New Guinea
Purple fiddler crabs iNaturalist ; yellow circles with a question mark
Range map data derived from: Crane (1975) ; George & Jones (1982) ; Poupin & Juncker (2010) ; von Hagen & Jones (1989)
Associated Field Guides
Central Melanesia Eastern Australia New Guinea External Links
Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia iNaturalist NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank GBIF
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Alongi & Sasekumar (1992) ,
Barnwell (1982) ,
Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) ,
Bouchard et al. (2013) ,
Bywater et al. (2009) ,
Bywater et al. (2011) ,
Bywater et al. (2012) ,
Bywater et al. (2014) ,
Bywater & Wilson (2010) ,
Bywater & Wilson (2010) ,
Crane (1957) ,
Crane (1975) ,
Dakin (1952) ,
Davie (1982) ,
Dev Roy & Bhadra (2005) ,
Dye & Lasiak (1986) ,
Dye & Lasiak (1987) ,
Frith et al. (1976) ,
George & Jones (1982) ,
Hartnoll (1988) ,
Hemmi & Tomsic (2015) ,
Hemmi & Zeil (2003) ,
Jaroensutasinee & Jaroensutasinee (2004) ,
Jones & George (1982) ,
Juncker & Poupin (2009) ,
Kingsley (1880) ,
Macnae (1966) ,
Macnae (1967) ,
Macnae (1968) ,
McNeill (1920) ,
McNeill (1962) ,
Morgan (1990) ,
Mulstay (1987) ,
Murniati & Pratiwi (2015) ,
Musgrave (1929) ,
Nabout et al. (2010) ,
Ng et al. (2008) ,
Ng & Richer de Forges (2007) ,
Omori & Holthuis (2000) ,
Omori & Holthuis (2005) ,
Onadeko et al. (2015) ,
Otani et al. (2023) ,
Oyenekan (1995) ,
Peer et al. (2015) ,
Poupin (2010) ,
Pülmanns et al. (2016) ,
Rathbun (1926) ,
Rosenberg (2000) ,
Rosenberg (2001) ,
Rosenberg (2002) ,
Rosenberg (2013) ,
Rosenberg (2014) ,
Rosenberg (2019) ,
Rosenberg (2020) ,
Shih et al. (2013) ,
Shih et al. (2010) ,
Shih et al. (2016) ,
Snelling (1959) ,
Torres et al. (2008) ,
Veitch (1978) ,
Vermeiren et al. (2015) ,
Vermeiren & Sheaves (2014) ,
Wada (2020) ,
Ward (1928) ,
Weis (2012) ,
Williams & Heng (1981) ,
Williams et al. (1980) ,
Zeil & Hemmi (2001) ,
Zeil et al. (2006)
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.
