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<mods:titleid="DC6D0E325BD969B0C0B7E3C3230AB2CB">An illustrated key to the fiddler crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae) from the Atlantic coast of Brazil</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="C41ED4E9D00CDCEC9BE4805413ABC321">Laboratory for Crustacean Research UFPR, Department of Zoology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="A53543233AC3D71BDD45292D61D0D63B">Laboratory for Crustacean Research UFPR, Department of Zoology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="B9A2D2B917EDBFEE371E2BDEDB916E3B">Anacleto, Andre Fernando Miyadi</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="3FEA3ED8E453E72FBD55F485E058799B">Laboratory for Crustacean Research UFPR, Department of Zoology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="20E0AFEB158A65A92A3ECECA7E74B2B0"captionStart="Figure 1"captionStartId="F1"captionText="Figure 1. Carapace, frontal view. A Uca maracoani: spatulate and narrow front (seta) B Minuca burgersi: triangulate and wide front (seta)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure1"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423555"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">Figures 1B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="32C32E5F5C4EA4F31B596D005AF4292B"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Third ambulatory leg, posterior view. A Minuca mordax with pile on dorsal surface of merus (seta) and carpus and all around surfaces of manus (seta) B Minuca burgersi with pile limited to dorsal surface of carpus and manus (seta)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423558"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 4B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="25634F0FC766850815AC7CD667DB0DD1"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Last ambulatory legs, posterior view. A Minuca rapax, wide merus (seta). B Minuca burgersi, narrow merus (seta)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423561"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 7B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="B0EC55EEB7A9E12911631DFDEC34C5FB"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Minuca rapax. A carapace with two pairs of postero-lateral striae, dorsal view B male major claw, frontal view. Minuca burgersi C Carapace with two pairs of postero-lateral striae, dorsal view D male major claw, frontal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423562"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 8C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="D91E61C6D5D8E41EB1C9097987CC572F"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Minuca rapax. A carapace with two pairs of postero-lateral striae, dorsal view B male major claw, frontal view. Minuca burgersi C Carapace with two pairs of postero-lateral striae, dorsal view D male major claw, frontal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423562"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">8C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="8743D07E6F53D4CD346B782EBA41910D"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Minuca rapax. A carapace with two pairs of postero-lateral striae, dorsal view B male major claw, frontal view. Minuca burgersi C Carapace with two pairs of postero-lateral striae, dorsal view D male major claw, frontal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423562"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">8C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="75E93CC759B50542A2420A1D700EF652"captionStart="Figure 1"captionStartId="F1"captionText="Figure 1. Carapace, frontal view. A Uca maracoani: spatulate and narrow front (seta) B Minuca burgersi: triangulate and wide front (seta)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure1"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423555"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">1B</figureCitation>
). Male major claw manus covered by small tubercles and provided with a strong groove (sometimes filled with dirt) on dorsal surface following the dorsal margin; fingers thick and slightly flattened; dactyl little longer than manus; pollex and dactyl curved forming a large gap (Fig.
<figureCitationid="5D1648D2EC5AB61CFD5E55A792B9BF6C"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Minuca rapax. A carapace with two pairs of postero-lateral striae, dorsal view B male major claw, frontal view. Minuca burgersi C Carapace with two pairs of postero-lateral striae, dorsal view D male major claw, frontal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423562"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">8D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="F8C84DA72AB8F5D9DA1903A7BFEBC438"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Third ambulatory leg, posterior view. A Minuca mordax with pile on dorsal surface of merus (seta) and carpus and all around surfaces of manus (seta) B Minuca burgersi with pile limited to dorsal surface of carpus and manus (seta)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.943.52773.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/423558"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">4B</figureCitation>
, setae), absent in ventral margin; all ambulatory legs with narrow merus and dorsal margin almost strait; last pair of ambulatory legs without piles and merus less than two 1.5 times wider than respective carpus in its maximum breadth (Fig.
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