Mangrove Crab

Ucides occidentalis

Cangrejo Rojo de Manglar del Pacífico

Family: Ocypodidae
Order: Decapoda
Class: Malacostraca
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Ucides is a genus of mangrove crabs in the monotypic family Ucididae, containing two species:

Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) – Atlantic coast from Florida to Uruguay
Ucides occidentalis (Ortmann, 1897) – Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru

Source: Wikipedia, article Ucides occidentalis. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.

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18/09/2014

Ecuador

Guayas

Golfo de Guayaquil (interior)

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