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Austruca citrus

Lemon Fiddler Crab

Austruca citrus

Type Description

Austruca citrus
Shih, H.-T., and J. Poupin (2020) A new fiddler crab of Austruca Bott, 1973, closely related to A. perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1852) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae), from the South Pacific islands. Zoological Studies 59:26.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Austruca → Subgenus Austruca
Common Names
English: Lemon Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Austruca citrus
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 11.2 mm ± 1.57 (sd), 95% range: 8.1–14.3 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: central Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Wallis & Futuna
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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: Shih & Poupin (2020)
External Links
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References

Balss (1938), Crane (1957), De Man (1891), Huang & Shih (2021), Miers (1886), Naderloo et al. (2016), Naderloo et al. (2010), Ortmann (1894), Parisi (1918), Pesta (1911), Pesta (1913), Poupin (2010), Poupin & Juncker (2008), Rosenberg (2020), Serène (1973), Shih et al. (2016), Shih et al. (2019), Shih & Poupin (2020), Shih et al. (2022), Weis & Weis (2013)