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Ocypode cursor

 * ... that the crab Ocypode cursor (pictured) can be found along the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and eastern Mediterranean Sea, but not in the western Mediterranean Sea in between?
 * Comment: Not a self-nom. --PFHLai (talk) 03:59, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Stemonitis (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 03:59, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Article has nearly 1800 characters prose
 * Brand new, nominated about five days later
 * Image is freely licensed, AND featured on Commons!
 * Cited inline, sources appear to be of sufficient reliability
 * QPQ not necessary
 * Hook is interesting and sufficiently brief (about 185 characters), supported by ref
 * AGF on Hydrobiologia (my access only goes back to 1997)

Issues:
 * There is a spot of close paraphrasing in #Description: compare "a tuft of setae (bristles) extending from the tips of the eyestalks" with "a tuft of hair-like setae extending from the tips of the eyes". Any chance of rephrasing this? Its short enough that it isn't a significant issue.
 * I would assert so, yes. There are only so many ways of describing a tuft of setae that extend from the eyes. --Stemonitis (talk) 07:30, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Article and WoRMS has "Ocypode ippeus Olivier, 1804", but the FAO source says 1807. Is this just a mistake by FAO?
 * I assume so. The FAO source is rather older, and has been subject to fewer revisions since publication. WoRMS should be up-to-date, not least as it includes the outputs from a number of recent conspectuses, including the very authoritative Systema Brachyurorum. --Stemonitis (talk) 07:30, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Suggestions:
 * WoRMS shows the crab on a Cyprus? postage stamp, want to include material on that?
 * Um, ... no. Lots of things have been pictured on stamps; why would that be considered significant? (We can't even legitimately show the stamp, because it's not available under a free licence.) --Stemonitis (talk) 07:30, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, when did the name change from Cancer cursor to Ocypode cursor?
 * Good question. It doesn't appear to have occurred in Weber (1795), who only lists O. ceratophthalma, O. quadrata and "O. rhombea" (= O. quadrata). It was already in Ocypode (Ocypode) by the time of Fauna Japonica (1830), but nomenclatural issues around Ocypode are rather complex, and without a definite statement from a reliable source, I think it's best not to speculate. --Stemonitis (talk) 07:30, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Chris857 (talk) 00:01, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I should have added: I'd be more than happy to send you the reference you can't access. E-mail me if you'd like me to send it. --Stemonitis (talk) 07:39, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * This will pass once Stemonitis sends me the Hydrobiologia article. Chris857 (talk) 02:17, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Alright, this passes. Chris857 (talk) 20:04, 25 November 2012 (UTC)