Ucides

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

Ucides
Ucides cordatus with a Rhizophora mangle leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Ucididae Števčić, 2005
Genus:	Ucides Rathbun, 1897
Range of U. cordatus (blue) and U. occidentalis (red)