Canadian Register of Marine Species

CaRMS taxon details

Uca Leach, 1814

Uca sp.

AphiaID

106971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106971)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Ucinae Dana, 1851

Parent

Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Uca Leach, 1814

Direct children (5)

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Subgenus Uca (Leptuca) Bott, 1973 accepted as Leptuca Bott, 1973
1. Species Uca (Leptuca) pugilator (Bosc, 1801) accepted as Leptuca pugilator (Bosc, 1801) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Uca (Minuca) Bott, 1954 accepted as Minuca Bott, 1954 (status change)
1. Species Uca (Minuca) minax (Le Conte, 1855) accepted as Minuca minax (Le Conte, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Uca (Minuca) pugnax (Smith, 1870) accepted as Minuca pugnax (Smith, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uca Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106971 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Uca Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106971 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2017-02-08 15:50:07Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2020-05-22 11:43:31Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2021-05-16 16:00:50Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-05-13 08:15:22Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hartnoll, R.G. (1975). The Grapsidae and Ocypodidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Tanzania. J. Zool. London 177, 305-328 [details]

additional source Shih, H.-T.; Ng, P. K. L.; Davie, P. J. F.; Schubart, C. D.; Türkay, M.; Naderloo, R.; Jones, D. S.; Liu, M.-Y. (2016). Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 139-175. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	シオマネキ属	[details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uca)
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