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Austruca cryptica

Cryptic Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca cryptica
Naderloo, R., M. Türkay, and H.-L. Chen (2010) Taxonomic revision of the wide-front fiddler crabs of the Uca lactea group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 2500:1–38.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus AustrucaSubgenus Austruca
Common Names
English: Cryptic Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Austruca (Austruca) cryptica, Austruca cryptica, Uca (Austruca) cryptica, Uca (Paraleptuca) cryptica, Uca cryptica
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 15.9 mm ± 0.00 (sd), 95% range: 15.9–15.9 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: scattered populations identified in central Indonesia (western Flores and Sulawesi) and the Philippines (Mindanao, Cebu, and Negros)
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: Michie et al. (2015); Naderloo et al. (2010)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

Barnwell (1980), Michie et al. (2015), Murniati & Pratiwi (2015), Naderloo et al. (2016), Naderloo et al. (2010), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), Shih & Poupin (2020)