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Gelasimus vocans
Calling Fiddler Crab
As recorded: Uca vocans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Ocypodidae
- Locality
- Trial Bay
- Island
- New South Wales
- Region
- Australia
- Identified by
- J. Crane, Jun 1971J. Crane →2 Jun →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Gelasimus vocans observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 464 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28
Hainan, CN-HA, CN
(c) KrabX, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-23
Pulau Bokor, Indonesia
(c) Ganjar Cahyadi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-14
(c) Melvyn Yeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06
Southern, HK
(c) fjwlhk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-03
Chek Jawa Trail, Chek Jawa Wetlands, Singapore
(c) Lan Kai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-03
Chek Jawa Trail, Chek Jawa Wetlands, Singapore
(c) Lan Kai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Gelasimus vocans. BPBM 601. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39558299. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/601.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 39558299 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched only at a higher rank (e.g. genus)
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