Ucides Explained

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

Notes and References

1. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . amp . PDF.