Ucides cordatus ( Linnaeus, 1763 )

Poupin, Joseph, 2024, A documented checklist of the Crustacea (Stomatopoda, Decapoda) of the southern Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil Amapá), European Journal of Taxonomy 954 (1), pp. 1-197 : 143-144

Ucides cordatus ( Linnaeus, 1763)

Fig. 19

Cancer cordatus Linnaeus, 1763: 414 , Suriname [type locality].

Ocypode fossor Latreille, 1803: 38 , French Guiana [Cayenne]. Accepted as Ucides cordatus ( Linnaeus, 1763) in WoRMS (2023).

Ocypode cordata – Latreille 1803: 37, French Guiana, Suriname.

Uca cordata – Young 1900: 250, Guyana, Suriname.

Uca una (Linnaeus, 1767) – Young 1900: 252, Guyana [color plate 7 (see Fig. 19 )]. In Rathbun (1918: 347) Uca una (Linnaeus, 1767) is listed under U. cordatus (Linnaeus) ; it is distinct form Uca una Leach, 1814 , which is accepted as Uca major (Herbst, 1782) in WoRMS (2023).

Ucides cordatus – Tavares 2002d: 342, Suriname, French Guiana. — Amouroux & Tavares 2005: 74, tab. 1, French Guiana; 2012: 163, French Guiana. — Lima et al. 2009: 1466, Brazil Amapá [“intense exploitation of the mangrove crab, Ucides cordatus ( Linnaeus, 1763) in both Pará and Amapá ”]. — Amaral et al. 2014: 213, Brazil Amapá. — Aschenbroich et al. 2016: 66, fig. 6, French Guiana.

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine (littoral, mangrove).

Figures

Fig. 19. Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) from Guyana, figured as Uca una (Linnaeus) in Young (1900: 252, pl. 7).