Uca

See also: uca, UCA, and úča

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Uca f

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

Hypernyms

• (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

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