Genus Gelasimus Latreille, 1817

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gelasimus Latreille, P.A. 1817. Gélasime, Gelasimus (Buffon). pp. 517–520 in, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture … etc. par une societé de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. edn 2 Vol. XII. [517] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Cancer vocans Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Les Crustacés. 113-120 pls 5, 18, 54 in Cuvier, G. (ed.). Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville 278 pp., Atlas, pls 1-80. [Date published April 1841] [pl. 18 fig. 1].
• Latuca Bott, R. 1973. Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der Uca-Arten (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 54(4–6): 315-325 30 figs pl. [317] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Mesuca (Latuca) neocultrimana Bott, 1973 by original designation.
• Mesuca Bott, R. 1973. Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der Uca-Arten (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 54(4–6): 315-325 30 figs pl. [316] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Cancer tetragonon Herbst, 1790 by original designation.
• Thalassuca Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [75] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Cancer tetragonon Herbst, 1790 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M.-Y. 2016. Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175 [Date published 21 July 2016] [151]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

History of changes