''Ucides'' is a genus of
mangrove crab
Mangrove crabs are crabs that live among mangroves, and may belong to many different species and even families. They have been shown to be ecologically significant in many ways. They keep much of the energy within the forest by burying and cons ...
s in the
monotypic family Ucididae, containing two species:
* ''
Ucides cordatus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1763
Events
January–March
* January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.
* February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Meck ...
) – Atlantic coast from Florida to Uruguay
* ''
Ucides occidentalis''
( Ortmann, 1897) – Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru
References
External links
*
Ocypodoidea
Taxa named by Mary J. Rathbun
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