Diversity and distribution of fiddler crabs (Brachyura: Ocypodidae: Uca) from China, with new records from Hainan Island in the South China Sea Author Shih, Hsi-Te Author Ng, Peter K. L. Author Fang, Shou-Hua Author Chan, Benny K. K. Author Wong, Kingsley J. H. text Zootaxa 2010 2640 1 19 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.198567 ce6fe7bd-2b4c-4b95-9b59-1e810eaf38af 1175-5326 198567 Uca lactea (De Haan, 1835) Ocypode ( Gelasimus ) lactea De Haan, 1835: 54 , pl. 15, fig. 5 [ type locality Japan ]. Gelasimus lacteus —H. Milne Edwards 1852 : 150 (not pl. 4(16)) ( Macao ?); Stimpson 1858 : 100 ; 1907: 108 [ Macao ]; Kingsley 1880 : 149 , pl. 10(28) (part); Cano 1889 : 92 , 234 [Xiamen]; Shen 1940 : 231 [ Hong Kong ]. Uca lactea — Balss 1922 : 143 [list]; Gee 1926 : 165 [Xiamen; Chin Bey; Hong Kong ; Macao ]; Kellogg 1928 : 356 [list]; Gordon 1931 : 528 [list]; Shen, 1936 : 76 [Hainan]; Jones & Morton 1994 : 28 , pls. 2G, H, 3E, F, fig. 6 [ Hong Kong ]; Yamaguchi 1994 : 165 [Xiamen]; Cai et al. 1998 : 117 [ Hong Kong ]; Ying et al. 1999 : 34 [Zhejiang]; Xiao & Li 2003 : 61 [Naozhou, Zhanjiang, Guangdong]; Kwok & Tang 2006 : 4 , figs. 10, 11 [ Hong Kong ]; Yang et al . 2008 : 807 [East China Sea; northern South China Sea]. Uca lacteus — Shen & Dai 1964 : 111 , unnumbered text-fig. [Fujian; Hainan]; Yang & Liu 1996 : 189 [Zhanjiang, Guangdong]. Uca ( Celuca ) lactea lactea — Crane 1975 : 300 , pl. 40A, B, figs. 19A, 54J-JJ, 69E [Xiamen; Hong Kong ]; Dai et al. 1986 : 425 , pl. 59(2), fig. 236(1) [Fujian; Hainan]. Uca ( Celuca ) lactea — Dai & Yang 1991 : 466 , pl. 59(2), fig. 236(1) [Fujian; Hainan]; Lu 1996 : 165 [Xiamen, Fujian]; Lai & He 1998 : 172 [Guangxi]; Liang et al. 2005 : 22 [Leizhou, Guangdong]. Uca lactea lactea — Li 2004 : 21 [Fujian]; Chen 1991 : 411 , fig. 388 [Zhejiang]. Uca ( Paraleptuca ) lactea —Ng et al. 2008: 241 [list]. Uca ( Austruca ) lactea — Naderloo et al . 2010 : 19 , figs. 10a–f, 11a–c, 14a, 15a, 18a, b [Fujian; Hainan]. Material examined. Fujian : 2 3 ( 19.5 mm , one damaged) (MBMCAS 166306), Xiunpu, Quanzhou, coll. H.-L. Chen, 21 Jun. 1975 ; 7 3 ( 6.89–15.97 mm ), 1 Ƥ ( 12.15 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 13374), Jimei, Xiamen, coll. H.-T. Shih & J.-H. Lee, 1 Jul. 2004 . Hong Kong : 5 3 ( 11.96–16.37 mm ), 3 ƤƤ ( 11.16–13.14 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 13250), Tai Tam, coll. B. Chan, Jul. 2004 ; 1 3 ( 12.14 mm ), 1 Ƥ ( 12.32 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 13375), Tai Tam, coll. B. Chan, 27 Oct. 2008 . Hainan : 5 3 ( 13.26–14.14 mm ), 3 ƤƤ ( 10.82–11.87 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 13376), Dongzhai, coll. H.-T. Shih & J.-H. Lee, 23 Jun. 2004 . Guangxi : 7 3 ( 11.25–20.02 mm ), 1 Ƥ ( 10.9 mm ) (NCHUZOOL 13377), Qinzhou, coll. H.-T. Shih & Y.-H. Wang, 10 May 2009 . Distribution. Japan , Korea , China , Taiwan , and Vietnam (cf. Table 1 ). Remarks. Uca lactea is one of the most common species in East Asia and Vietnam . It ranges from Korea (northernmost distribution), Japan , continental China , Taiwan , northern Hainan, to northern Vietnam (southernmost distribution) (cf. Table 1 ; Kamita 1941 ; Dai et al. 1986 ; Dai & Yang 1991 ; Shih 1994 ; Kosuge et al. 1997 ; Yoshigou 2001 ; Shih et al. 2008 , 2009 ).