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Family: OCYPODIDAE 



Subfamily: Ocypodinae 



Genus: UCA Leach 



Uca annulipes (Latreille) 



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Material examined: Seven males and three females, taken 

 at Kusai, Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean, January 1, 1929, by the 

 "Ara" World Cruise, apparently established the first record of 

 this species in the Carolines. 



Discussion : Tliis is the fascinating little burrowing crab 

 of the tidal zone of the Indo-Pacific region, personified in the 

 legends of many peoples variously — as a worshipper of the 

 tides, as a warrior escaped from shipwreck, or in other roles. It 

 is known from the Red Sea to South Africa, also eastward from 

 the Red Sea, through the Indian Ocean Archipelagoes, Philippine 

 Islands, Dutch East Indies, Borneo, the Australian coast, and 

 numerous archipelagoes of the South Central Pacific eastward 

 to the Society Islands and now adds another archipelago — the 



