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distolaterally (fig. 73a). A medium-sized species, maximum carapace 

 length in midline about 20 mm. 



Habitat. — Mangrove swamps and mud flats near coasts and river 

 mouths. 



Distribution. — Northeastern Florida and Gulf of Mexico to Estado 

 de Santa Catarina, Brazil (Bimini Is., Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, 

 Puerto Rico, Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, Antigua I., Guadeloupe, 

 Trinidad, Islas de Los Roques, Bonaire, Curasao, Isle de Providencia) . 



Figure 73. — Male right first pleopods: a, t/ca ra^ax (carapace length 16.8 mm) from Kingston 

 Harbor, Jamaica (R. P. Bigelow), denuded terminal portion, posterior view; b, same, 

 lateral view; c, U. speciosa (cl 9.0 mm) from Varadero, Cuba (J. F. Milera), denuded 

 terminal portion, posterior view; d, same, lateral view; e, U. thayeri (cl IS.O mm), syntype 

 from Paraiba State, Brazil (Branner-Agassiz Expedition), denuded terminal portion, 

 posterior view;/, same, lateral view; g, U. vocator, specimen shown in figure 74, pleopod 

 in lateral view; h, denuded terminal portion of same, posterior view; j, same, lateral view; 

 j, same, anterior view. 



89. Vca speciosa (Ives) 

 Figures 73c, d 



Gelasimus speciosus Ives, 1891, p. 179, pi. 5: figs. 5, 6 [type-locality: "Port of 



Silam" (possibly Dzilam de Bravo), Estado de Yucatan, Mexico]. 

 Uca speciosa. — Rathbun, 1918, p. 408, pi. 145. 



