Holthuis, 1967
Zoea [no illustration available]
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 5(6).
¥ Morphological characters of first zoea [Table 10 First zoeae of Ocypodidae]:
Carapace without lateral spine.
Antennal exopod with 3 setae.
Antennule with 2(3) aesthetascs and 1 seta.
Maxillule (mx1) protopod with no seta.
First maxilliped (mxp1) endopod setation: 2, 2, 1, 2, 5.
Number of dorsal setae on abdominal somites 1-5: respectively 0, 2, 2, 2, 2.
Megalopa [Uca burgersi]
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1.
¥ Morphological characters of megalopa [Table 19 Mgp Pinnotheridae Grapsidae Gecarcinidae Ocypodidae]:
Rostrum deflected ventrally.
Carapace smooth.
Maxillule (mx1) endopod setation: 1, 2.
Maxilla (mx2) endopod setation: 2.
First maxilliped (mxp1) epipod setation: 7.
Third maxilliped (mxp3) epipod setation: 17.
Larval stages described by Rieger, 1998.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The West Indies, Venezuela and Brazil (Maranho to So Paulo).
Depth range of adult
Mangrove