Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ocypodidae
Synonym: Gelasimus Stimpson 1862
Parent taxon: Ucinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Glaessner 1969, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1926, Sepkoski 2002 and Stimpson 1862
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Gelasimus palustris Gelasimus panamensis Gelasimus pugilator Gelasimus subeylindricus Uca antiqua Uca galapagensis Uca hamlini Uca macrodactylus Uca maracoani Uca marinae Uca miocenica Uca nitida Uca oldroydi Uca ornata Uca pugnax Uca subcylindrica
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), Mexico (3), Panama (2), United States (9: Delaware, Florida, Massachusets, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Honduras (1)
• Pliocene of Spain (2), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Brazil (1)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences
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