Ucides
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Ucides cordatus with a Rhizophora mangle leaf | |
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Family: | Ucididae Števčić, 2005
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Genus: | Ucides Rathbun, 1897
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Range of U. cordatus (blue) and U. occidentalis (red) |
Ucides is a genus of mangrove crabs in the monotypic family Ucididae, containing two species:[1]
- Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) – Atlantic coast from Florida to Uruguay
- Ucides occidentalis (Ortmann, 1897) – Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru
References
[edit]- ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
External links
[edit]Media related to Ucides at Wikimedia Commons