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Uca

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Etymology

The genus name is from the indigenous Old Tupi word for the crabs along the Brazilian coast, from usá.

Proper noun

Uca f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ocypodidae – the fiddler crabs.

Hypernyms

References

  • Oliveira, Lejeune (1939): Contribuição ao conhecimento dos crustaceos do Rio de Janeiro: Genero Uca (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)
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