Afruca tangeri

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Ucinae → Supertribe Ucitae → Tribe Ucini → Genus Afruca

Common Names

English: European Fiddler Crab, Moroccan Fiddler Crab, West African Fiddler Crab

Portuguese: Bôcas, Cavalletes

Spanish: Barriletes, Bocas, Bocas, Bocas de las Isla, Caballetes

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Afruca tangeri, Gelasimsu tangeri, Gelasimus atlanticus, Gelasimus cimatodus, Gelasimus perlatus, Gelasimus Tangeri, Gelasimus Tangerii, Gelasimus tangieri, Uca (Afruca) tangeri, Uca (Gelasimus) Tangeri, Uca (Minuca) tangeri, Uca (Uca) tangeri, Uca Afruca tangeri, Uca tangari, Uca tangeri, Uca tangeri var. matandensis, Uca tangerii, Uca tangieri, Uca tanqeri

Size

Large Carapace Breadth: 16.5 mm ± 9.27 (sd), 95% range: 0.0–34.6 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Eastern Atlantic Realm: West coast of Africa from Angola to Morocco, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, southwestern Spain and southern Portugal

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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: Castro (2012); Crane (1975); Gonzáles et al. (2017); Gonzáles (2018)

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