Uca
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "uca"
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The genus name is from the indigenous Old Tupi word for the crabs along the Brazilian coast, from usá.
Proper noun
[edit]Uca f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ocypodidae – the fiddler crabs.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Thoracotremata - subsection; Ocypodoidea - superfamily; Ocypodidae - family; Ocypodinae - subfamily
References
[edit]- Oliveira, Lejeune (1939): Contribuição ao conhecimento dos crustaceos do Rio de Janeiro: Genero Uca (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)