Species diversity of fiddler crabs, genus Uca Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Ocypodidae), from Taiwan and adjacent islands, with notes on the Japanese species Author Shih, Hsi-Te Author Lee, Jung-Hsiang Author Ho, Ping-Ho Author Liu, Hung-Chang Author Wang, Chia-Hsiang Author Suzuki, Hiroshi Author Teng, Shao-Jyun text Zootaxa 2016 2016-02-18 4083 1 57 82 journal article 31495 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.1.3 05d55bff-4ac2-43f1-9818-9665b0bf1198 1175-5326 1050889 FC132216-6CFB-4E3F-B166-6F9BE3C50588 Uca ( Gelasimus ) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Fig. 3G, H ) Uca ( Thalassuca ) vocans vocans — Crane 1975 : 92 , figs. 38I , L, 56B, 60C–E, 64F, FF, pl. 14E–H; Sakai 1976a : 605 , pl. 208(3) (part); Miyake 1983 : 163 , pl. 55(2); Dai et al. 1986 : 423 , fig. 234(1, 2), pl. 58(7); Nagai & Nomura 1988 : 52 , 1 unnumbered fig.; Dai & Yang 1991 : 463 , fig. 234, pl. 58(7). Uca vocans — Takeda 1982 : 207 , 1 unnumbered fig.; Okutani 1994a : 214 , fig. 5; Yamaguchi 1994 : 181 ; Yoshigou 2001 : 4 , fig. 2, pl. 1H; Japanese Association of Benthology 2012 : 216 , 1 unnumbered fig.; Fujita & Uyeno 2015 : 96 , fig. 3A–C. Uca borealis — Hung 2000 : 140 -1, figs. 428–429, 1 unnumbered figs. (part); Shen & Jeng 2005 : 157 , 1 unnumbered figs. (part) (not Uca borealis Crane, 1975 ). Uca vocans vocans — Nakasone & Irei 2003 : 269 , fig. 31E; Katsu 2007 : 94 , 6 unnumbered figs. Uca ( Gelasimus ) vocans —Ng et al. 2008: 240 [list]; Toyota & Seki 2014 : 223 , 4 unnumbered figs. Material examined . Taiwan : 1 ovig. ♀ ( 19.2 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 14723), Yanshuei R. estuary, Tainan , 7 Apr. 2011 ; 1 ♂ ( 15.7 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 13168), Dapengwan , Pingtung , coll. H.- T. Shih , 9 Jan. 2001 ; 1 ♂ ( 12.7 mm ) ( TMCD CHCD 477 ), Houwan , Pingtung , coll. H.- C. Liu , 2 Aug. 1994 ; 1 ♂ ( 20.4 mm ) ( TMCD CHCD 792 ), Dulanwan , Taitung , 22 Apr. 1994 . Penghu Islands : 5 ♂♂ ( 21.6–24.1 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 14733), Cingluo , 18 Aug. 2009 ; 1 ♀ ( 18.8 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 14724), Caiyuan, 11 Aug. 2010 ; 1 ♂ ( 24.2 mm ) (TMCD CHCD 1516), Chihsi, Siyu, coll. H.-C. Liu, 6 Oct. 1997 ; 2 ♂♂ (16.4, 28.1 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 14731), Chihsi , Siyu , Penghu , coll. H.- T. Shih et al. , 28 June 2006 ; 2 ♂♂ (9.0, 26.1 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 14732), Chihsi , Siyu , Penghu , 11 Nov. 2007 . Ryukyus : 4 ♂♂ ( 17.3–20.6 mm , 1 broken) (TMCD CHCD 711), Amami, coll. H.-C. Liu, 14 July 1995 ; 7 ♂♂ ( 11.4–19.1 mm ), 5 ♀♀ ( 14.2–16.6 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 14706), Sashiki , Okinawa , 28 Dec. 2011 ; 4 ♂♂ ( 11.7– 15.3 mm ), 1 ♀ ( 17.5 mm ), TMCD , Ishikawa , Yamada , Okinawa , 18 Mar. 1992 ; 13 ♂♂ ( 8.4–21.1 mm ), 1 ♀ ( 13.5 mm ), TMCD , Ishikawa , Yamada , Okinawa , 17 Apr. 1992 ; 3 ♂♂ (11.4–18.0 mm) (NCHUZOOL 14708), Okukubi R. , Okinawa , coll. T. Naruse , 25 Feb. 2002 ; 1 ♂ ( 11.6 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 14704), Yabuchi I. , Okinawa , 29 May 2014 ; 6 ♂♂ ( 14.9–22.6 mm ), 1 ♀ ( 19.6 mm ) ( TMCD CHCD 695 ), Nagura Bay , Ishigaki , coll. H.- C. Liu , 13 July 1995 ; 1 ♂ ( 22.1 mm ), TMCD, Iriomote, coll. K. Wada, 17 Oct. 1982 . Distribution. Western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean (Ryukyus, Taiwan [including Penghu ] Hainan in China , Philippines , Borneo, Indonesia , Malay Peninsula, Thailand , Myanmar ). Remarks. See Remarks under U. borealis for a morphological comparison of the three species of U. vocans complex. And see Discussion for the distribution of U. vocans in Taiwan and Japan . This is a new record for Taiwan .