''Ucides'' is a genus of
mangrove crab
Mangrove crabs are crabs that live in and around mangroves. They belong to many different species and families and have been shown to be ecologically significant by burying and consuming leaf litter. Mangrove crabs have a variety of phylogenie ...
s in the
monotypic family Ucididae, containing two species:
* ''
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 n ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 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 colonial authorities in the Province of North Carolin ...
) – Atlantic coast from Florida to Uruguay
* ''
Ucides occidentalis''
( Ortmann, 1897) – Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru
References
Ocypodoidea
Taxa named by Mary J. Rathbun
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