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Austruca albimana

White-handed Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus annulipes var. albimana
Kossmann, R. (1877) Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in die Küstengegenden des Roten Meeres III. Crustacea. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus AustrucaSubgenus Austruca
Common Names
English: White-handed Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Austruca albimana, Gelasimus annulipes var. albimana, Uca albimaba, Uca albimana, Uca annulipes albimana, Uca lactea albimana
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 13.5 mm ± 3.99 (sd), 95% range: 5.7–21.3 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: northern Somalia to eastern United Arab Emirates, including Socotra, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, southern Gulf of Oman, and southeastern Persian Gulf
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: El-Sayed et al. (2016); Naderloo et al. (2010); Naderloo & Türkay (2012); Naderloo et al. (2015); Shih et al. (2009)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

Al-Aidaroos (2013), Apel & Türkay (1999), Aprilyanto et al. (2017), Baakdah (2018), Balss (1924), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bouchard et al. (2013), Crane (1975), El-Sayed et al. (2016), Eshky (1992), Fishelson (1971), Hogarth (1986), Ismail & Ahmed (1993), Kingsley (1880), Kossmann (1877), Kossmann (1878), Kumar (2019), Laurie (1915), Lewinsohn (1977), Miers (1880), Miers (1884), Miers (1886), Murniati & Pratiwi (2015), Naderloo (2017), Naderloo et al. (2015), Naderloo et al. (2016), Naderloo & Türkay (2012), Naderloo et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Nobili (1906), Omori & Holthuis (2000), Omori & Holthuis (2005), Ortmann (1897), Poupin et al. (2018), Price et al. (1987), Rosenberg (2013), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Saher et al. (2014), Shih et al. (2018), Shih et al. (2013), Shih et al. (2010), Shih et al. (2016), Shih et al. (2019), Shih & Poupin (2020), Shih et al. (2022), Simões et al. (2001), Vannini & Valmori (1981)