Uca crassipes (Adams & White, 1848)

Gelasimus crassipes Adams & White, 1848: 49 [type locality Philippines].

Gelasimus gaimardi H. Milne Edwards, 1852: 150, pl. 4(17) [type locality Tonga]; Shen 1940: 232 [Hong Kong].

Gelasimus splendidus Stimpson, 1858: 99; 1907: 106, pl. 14, fig. 2 [type locality Hong Kong].

Gelasimus chlorophthalmus — Cano 1889: 92, 234 [Xiamen].

Uca splendida — Gee 1926: 165 [Hong Kong].

Uca gaimardi — Gordon 1931: 528 [list]; Shen 1936: 77 [Hainan].

Uca (Amphiuca) chlorophthalmus crassipes — Crane 1975: 101, pls. 15A–F, 46B, figs. 13A–I, 14, 26C, 37H, 39A, 56C, 60L, M, 68B, 81G, 82G, 83A [Hong Kong]; Dai et al. 1986: 428, pl. 59(5), fig. 238(1–2) [Guangdong]; Dai & Yang 1991: 468, pl. 59(5), fig. 238 [Guangdong].

Uca crassipes — Jones & Morton 1994: 26, pl. 3C, D, fig. 5 [Hong Kong]; Kwok & Tang 2006: 4, figs. 8, 9 [Hong Kong]; Yang et al. 2008: 807 [Guangdong; Hainan].

Uca chlorophthalmus — Cai et al. 1998: 117 [Hong Kong].

Uca (Paraleptuca) crassipes —Ng et al. 2008: 241 [list].

Material examined. Hong Kong: 1 3 (14.43 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13368), Tai Tam, coll. Y.-C. Fan, 27 Jul. 2006. Hainan: 3 3 (18.57–20.1 mm), 1 Ƥ (16.56 mm) (MBMCAS 166245), Beigang, Meilan, Haikou, 6 Jun. 1958; 1 3 (19.05 mm), 1 Ƥ (12.56 mm) (MBMCAS 166247), Qinglan Harbor, Wenchang, coll. Wang, 27 Apr. 1980; 1 3 (19.97 mm) (MBMCAS 166269), Qinglan Harbor, Wenchang, 5 Nov. 1990; 6 3 (12.45– 17.66 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13369), Wenchang, coll. K. Wong & S.-L. Yang, 3 Dec. 2008; 12 3 (9.38–22.88 mm), 5 ƤƤ (12.38–17.71 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13370), Sanya, coll. H.-T. Shih & R.-H. Lee, 28 Jun. 2004.

Distribution. West Pacific (Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia), Central and South Pacific, and eastern Indian Ocean (Thailand).

Remarks. Cano (1889) recorded Gelasimus chlorophthalmus from Xiamen, Fujian, but Crane (1975: 103) questioned the identification without any comment. However, its distribution in Fujian is not impossible because it has been recorded in adjacent areas, e.g., continental China (Hong Kong) (Table 1), Penghu Island in the central Taiwan Strait (Shih et al. 2008), and on the western coast of Taiwan (Shih 1994).