Ucides

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Thoracotremata
Superfamilia: Ocypodoidea

Familia: Ocypodidae
Subfamilia: Ocypodinae
Genus: Ucides
Species: U. cordatus – U. occidentalis
Name

Ucides Rathbun, 1897
References

Rathbun, M.J. 1897. A Revision of the Nomenclature of the Brachyura. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11(37): 153–167. BHL Reference page.

Links

Ucides – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Vernacular names

Ucides is a genus of mangrove crabs in the monotypic family Ucididae, containing two species:[1]

Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) – Atlantic coast from Florida to Uruguay
Ucides occidentalis (Ortmann, 1897) – Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru

References

Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.