Ucides: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Ocypodidae
- Genus
- Ucides
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ucides
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ucides
Ucides is a genus of mangrove crabs in the monotypic family Ucididae, containing two species:
- Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) – Atlantic coast from Florida to Uruguay
- Ucides occidentalis (Ortmann, 1897) – Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru
Ucides in languages:
- English
- Mangrove Ghost Crabs
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