Uca crassipes ( Adams & White, 1848 )

Shih, Hsi-Te, Ng, Peter K. L., Fang, Shou-Hua, Chan, Benny K. K. & Wong, Kingsley J. H., 2010, Diversity and distribution of fiddler crabs (Brachyura: Ocypodidae: Uca) from China, with new records from Hainan Island in the South China Sea, Zootaxa 2640, pp. 1-19 : 9

Uca crassipes ( Adams & White, 1848)

Gelasimus crassipes Adams & White, 1848: 49 [ type locality Philippines].

Gelasimus gaimardi H. Milne Edwards, 1852: 150 , pl. 4(17) [ type locality Tonga]; Shen 1940: 232 [ Hong Kong].

Gelasimus splendidus Stimpson, 1858: 99 ; 1907: 106, pl. 14, fig. 2 [ type locality Hong Kong].

Gelasimus chlorophthalmus — Cano 1889: 92, 234 [Xiamen].

Uca splendida — Gee 1926: 165 [ Hong Kong].

Uca gaimardi — Gordon 1931: 528 [list]; Shen 1936: 77 [Hainan].

Uca ( Amphiuca) chlorophthalmus crassipes — Crane 1975: 101, pls. 15A–F, 46B, figs. 13A–I, 14, 26C, 37H, 39A, 56C, 60L, M, 68B, 81G, 82G, 83A [ Hong Kong]; Dai et al. 1986: 428, pl. 59(5), fig. 238(1–2) [Guangdong]; Dai & Yang 1991: 468, pl. 59(5), fig. 238 [Guangdong].

Uca crassipes — Jones & Morton 1994: 26, pl. 3C, D, fig. 5 [ Hong Kong]; Kwok & Tang 2006: 4, figs. 8, 9 [ Hong Kong]; Yang et al. 2008: 807 [Guangdong; Hainan].

Uca chlorophthalmus — Cai et al. 1998: 117 [ Hong Kong].

Uca ( Paraleptuca) crassipes —Ng et al. 2008: 241 [list].

Material examined. Hong Kong: 1 3 ( 14.43 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13368), Tai Tam, coll. Y.-C. Fan, 27 Jul. 2006. Hainan: 3 3 ( 18.57–20.1 mm), 1 Ƥ ( 16.56 mm) (MBMCAS 166245), Beigang, Meilan, Haikou, 6 Jun. 1958; 1 3 ( 19.05 mm), 1 Ƥ ( 12.56 mm) (MBMCAS 166247), Qinglan Harbor, Wenchang, coll. Wang, 27 Apr. 1980; 1 3 ( 19.97 mm) (MBMCAS 166269), Qinglan Harbor, Wenchang, 5 Nov. 1990; 6 3 ( 12.45– 17.66 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13369), Wenchang, coll. K. Wong & S.-L. Yang, 3 Dec. 2008; 12 3 ( 9.38–22.88 mm), 5 ƤƤ ( 12.38–17.71 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13370), Sanya, coll. H.-T. Shih & R.-H. Lee, 28 Jun. 2004.

Distribution. West Pacific ( Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia), Central and South Pacific, and eastern Indian Ocean ( Thailand).

Remarks. Cano (1889) recorded Gelasimus chlorophthalmus from Xiamen, Fujian, but Crane (1975: 103) questioned the identification without any comment. However, its distribution in Fujian is not impossible because it has been recorded in adjacent areas, e.g., continental China ( Hong Kong) ( Table 1 ), Penghu Island in the central Taiwan Strait ( Shih et al. 2008), and on the western coast of Taiwan ( Shih 1994).