Abstract

PEREZ-MOZQUEDA, Luis Leobardo; DEL CASTILLO-FALCONI, Víctor  and  BORTOLINI-ROSALES, José Luis. Additional records of the genus Uca (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) in Tamiahua Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2014, vol.85, n.3, pp.969-971. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.36600.

This study presents a taxonomic revision of the fiddler crabs of the genus Uca (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) captured in Ídolo Island in Tamiahua Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico; during 9 samplings carried out between October 2008 and December 2009. The analysis of 1 071 crabs collected from 5 stations and preserved in alcohol 70°, allowed the identification of 5 species to be identified: Uca panacea, U. rapax, U. spinicarpa, U. virens and U. vocator.

Keywords : fiddler crabs.