Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763)

Fig. 19

Cancer cordatus Linnaeus, 1763: 414, Suriname [type locality].

Ocypode fossor Latreille, 1803: 38, French Guiana [Cayenne]. Accepted as Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) in WoRMS (2023).

Ocypode cordata – Latreille 1803: 37, French Guiana, Suriname.

Uca cordata – Young 1900: 250, Guyana, Suriname.

Uca una (Linnaeus, 1767) – Young 1900: 252, Guyana [color plate 7 (see Fig. 19)]. In Rathbun (1918: 347) Uca una (Linnaeus, 1767) is listed under U. cordatus (Linnaeus); it is distinct form Uca una Leach, 1814, which is accepted as Uca major (Herbst, 1782) in WoRMS (2023).

Ucides cordatus – Tavares 2002d: 342, Suriname, French Guiana. — Amouroux & Tavares 2005: 74, tab. 1, French Guiana; 2012: 163, French Guiana. — Lima et al. 2009: 1466, Brazil Amapá [“intense exploitation of the mangrove crab, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) in both Pará and Amapá ”]. — Amaral et al. 2014: 213, Brazil Amapá. — Aschenbroich et al. 2016: 66, fig. 6, French Guiana.

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine (littoral, mangrove).