Xeruca formosensis

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Xeruca

Common Names

Chinese: 熹閼招潮蟹, 臺灣招潮蟹

English: Formosan Fiddler Crab, Taiwanese Fiddler Crab

Japanese: タイワンシホマネキ

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Gelasimus formosensis, Uca (Thalassuca) formosensis, Uca (Tubuca) formosensis, Uca formosensis, Xeruca formosensis

Size

Large Carapace Breadth: 27.8 mm ± 4.61 (sd), 95% range: 18.8–36.8 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Indo-West Pacific Realm: Taiwan

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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 (1999)

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References

Barnwell (1982), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Chen et al. (2010), Crane (1975), Fukui et al. (1989), Ho et al. (1993), Hung & Lin (2015), Lin (1949), Mariappan et al. (2000), Nabout et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Ng et al. (2017), Ng et al. (2009), Ng et al. (2001), Oliveira (1939), Rathbun (1921), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Sakai (1939), Sakai (1940), Sato (1936), Shih et al. (2016), Su & Lue (1984), Takahasi (1934), Takahasi (1934), Takahasi (1935), Vannini (1980), von Hagen (1970), Wu (1992), Yun et al. (2015)