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lactea

History

Species
Austruca lactea
Original Usage
Ocypode (Gelasimus) lactea
Original Source with Priority
De Haan, W. (1833–1850) Crustacea. Pp. 1–243 in Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava Imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit, P.F. von Siebold, ed. Amsterdam: Lugduni Batavorum.
Derivation
The name derives from the Latin for “milk”

Locations Where the Name has Been Applied

Purple fiddler crabs indicate locations where this name has been applied (whether correctly or incorrectly) in the scientific record; blue fiddler crabs surrounded by a dashed circle indicate the same but for larger, general regions; a skull and crossbones indicates locations where this name has been applied to a fossil; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken records from the scientific record.
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