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Minuca virens

Green-banded Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca virens
Salmon, M., and S.P. Atsaides (1968) Behavioral, morphological and ecological evidence for two new species of fiddler crabs (genus Uca) from the Gulf Coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 81:275–290.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Minuca
Common Names
English: Green-banded Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Minuca virens, Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] pugnax virens, Uca virens
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 13.0 mm ± 2.99 (sd), 95% range: 7.1–18.9 mm (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: USA (northwestern Florida) to eastern Mexico
Purple fiddler crabs indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue fiddler crabs surrounded by a dashed circle indicate the same but for larger, general regions; green fiddler crabs indicate “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist; yellow circles with a question mark indicate questionable records of this species from the scientific record; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken records from the scientific record.
Range map data derived from: Thurman et al. (2018)
Associated Field Guides
Northern Gulf of Mexico (USA)
Southwestern Gulf of Mexico
Texas, USA
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
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References

Alleman & Guillen (2017), Avent (1974), Balbort & Thurman (1997), Barlow (1977), Behre (1950), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Brusca (1980), Crane (1975), del Castillo et al. (2015), Felder et al. (2009), Felgenhauer & Abele (1983), Fotheringham & Brunenmeister (1975), Greenspan (1975), Hazlett (1972), Heard (1970), Heard (1976), Heard (1977), Heard (1982), Hedgpeth (1950), Herrnkind (1983), Keeratipattarakarn et al. (2020), Kuhapong et al. (2021), Ng et al. (2008), Novak & Salmon (1974), Pérez-Mozqueda et al. (2014), Powers (1973), Powers (1975), Powers (1975), Powers (1977), Powers & Cole (1976), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Salmon (1966), Salmon & Atsaides (1968), Salmon & Atsaides (1968), Salmon et al. (1979), Salmon & Horch (1972), Selander et al. (1971), Shih et al. (2016), Thurman (1979), Thurman (1981), Thurman (1996), Thurman (2000), Thurman et al. (2025), Utrera-López & Capistrán-Barradas (2013), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1975), von Hagen (1976), von Hagen (1980), Wass (1955), Weygoldt (1977), Williams (1984), Williams & Duke (1979), Wong et al. (1989)