Uca speciosa

Author
Ives, 1891
Common Names
  • Longfinger Fiddler

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
1 meters
Overall Geographic Range
east Florida–Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Yucatán (Caribbean Sea)
Habitat-Biology
  • burrower
  • intertidal to supratidal
  • estuarine
References

  • Barnwell, F. H., and C. L. Thurman II. 1984. Taxonomy and biogeography of the fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae: Genus Uca) of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of eastern North America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 23–87.

  • Powers, L. W. 1977. A catalogue and bibliography to the crabs (Brachyura) of the Gulf of Mexico. Contributions in Marine Science 20 (Supplement): 1–190.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-05-2024.

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