Cranuca inversa

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Cranuca

Common Names

English: Inversed Fiddler Crab

Malagasy: Cava tangena

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Austruca inversa, Cranuca inversa, Gelasimus inversus, Gelasimus smithii, Uca (Amphiuca) inversa, Uca (Amphiuca) inversa inversa, Uca (Celuca) inversa inversa, Uca (Cranuca) inversa, Uca (Minuca) inversa, Uca inversa, Uca inversa inversa, Uca inversus, Uca universa

Size

Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.9 mm ± 5.03 (sd), 95% range: 8.1–27.8 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Indo-West Pacific Realm: east African coast, from South Africa to the Red Sea to the mouth of the Persian Gulf; Madagascar

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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: Apel & Türkay (1999); Crane (1975); Naderloo & Türkay (2012); Poupin et al. (2018); Price et al. (1987)

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References

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