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splendida

History

Species
Paraleptuca splendida
Original Usage
Gelasimus splendidus
Original Source with Priority
Stimpson, W. (1858) Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum quæ in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars. V. Crustacea Ocypodoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:93–110.
Derivation
unknown

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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