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Tubuca hirsutimanus

Hairy-handed Fiddler Crab

Tubuca hirsutimanus

Type Description

Uca hirsutimanus
George, R.W., and D.S. Jones (1982) A revision of the fiddler crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Record of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 14:1–99.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Tubuca → Subgenus Australuca
Common Names
English: Hairy-handed Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Tubuca (Australuca) hirsutimanus, Tubuca hirsutimanus, Uca (Australuca) hirsutimanus, Uca hirsutimanus
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 11.5 mm ± 2.85 (sd), 95% range: 5.9–17.0 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: northern and western Australia
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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: George & Jones (1982); von Hagen & Jones (1989)
External Links
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References

Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Booksmythe et al. (2008), Davie (1982), George & Jones (1982), Jones & George (1982), Kinnear et al. (2009), Morgan (1990), Nabout et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), Wada (2020)