''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 consu ...
s in the
monotypic family
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
Ucididae, containing two species:
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Ucides cordatus
''Ucides cordatus'', the swamp ghost crab (or ''caranguejo-uçá'' in Portuguese), is one of two species of crabs in the genus ''Ucides''. This species of crab is native to many coasts off of the western Atlantic Ocean. It has been found to be na ...
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(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
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Ucides occidentalis
''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
''Ucides'' is a genus of mangrove crab ...
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( Ortmann, 1897) – Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru
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Ocypodoidea
Taxa named by Mary J. Rathbun
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