Austruca variegata

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Austruca → Subgenus Cuneatuca

Common Names

English: Motley Fiddler Crab

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Austruca (Cuneatuca) variegata, Austruca variegata, Gelasimus variegata, Gelasimus variegatus

Size

Small Carapace Breadth: 14.9 mm ± 2.51 (sd), 95% range: 10.0–19.8 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Indo-West Pacific Realm: eastern India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh; possibly the Andaman Islands

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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 et al. (2019)

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References

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