Ucides

Ucides
	Ucides cordatus with a Rhizophora mangle leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Ucididae ; Števčić, 2005
Genus:	Ucides ; Rathbun, 1897
	Range of U. cordatus (blue) and U. occidentalis (red)

Last updated October 12, 2025

Ucides is a genus of mangrove crabs in the monotypic family Ucididae, containing two species:^[1]

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

References

↑ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

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[Ng-1] Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

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Ucides

Ucides cordatus with a Rhizophora mangle leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Ucididae Števčić, 2005
Genus:	Ucides Rathbun, 1897

Range of U. cordatus (blue) and U. occidentalis (red)