Ucides
Genus of crabs
| Ucides | |
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| Ucides cordatus with a Rhizophora mangle leaf | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Ocypodoidea |
| Family: | Ucididae Števčić, 2005 |
| 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
- ^ 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
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