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Austruca occidentalis

East African Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca occidentalis
Naderloo, R., C.D. Schubart, and H.-T. Shih (2016) Genetic and morphological separation of Uca occidentalis, a new East African fiddler crab species, from Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edward, 1837) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 262:10–19.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus AustrucaSubgenus Austruca
Common Names
English: East African Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Austruca occidentalis, Uca occidentalis
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 14.6 mm ± 4.33 (sd), 95% range: 6.2–23.1 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: east coast of Africa from South Africa to Somalia, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Mayotte, Seychelles
Red markers indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue markers represent false or mistaken observations from the scientific record; green markers represent “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist.
Range map data derived from: Hodgson (1987); Naderloo et al. (2016); Poupin et al. (2018)
External Links
Wikipedia
iNaturalist

Photos

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Video

Male and female Austruca occidentalis (labeled Uca annulipes albimana) on mud banks in the estuary of the Mtwapa-Creek near Mombasa (Kenya) performing various activities: feeding by males and females, fighting and waving by the males, etc.
8:48 min., 768 × 576, MP4

Art

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References

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