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Austruca bengali

Bengal Fiddler Crab

Austruca bengali

Type Description

Uca triangularis bengali
Crane, J. (1975) Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus AustrucaSubgenus Cuneatuca
Common Names
English: Bengal Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Austruca bengali, Uca bengali, Uca triangularis bengali, Uca trianularius bengali
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 8.3 mm ± 2.56 (sd), 95% range: 3.3–13.3 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: southern Myanmar through western Thailand
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)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

Alcock (1900), Altevogt (1957), Ashton et al. (2003), Chopra & Das (1937), Crane (1975), De Man (1887-1888), De Man (1895), Fransen et al. (1997), Frith & Brunenmeister (1980), Frith & Frith (1977), Frith & Frith (1978), Frith et al. (1976), Jaroensutasinee & Jaroensutasinee (2004), Keeratipattarakarn et al. (2018), Kon et al. (2009), Kon et al. (2007), Kon et al. (2009), Lundoer (1974), Macintosh et al. (2002), Nabout et al. (2010), Naiyanetr (2007), Ortmann (1894), Rao (2010), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2018), Shih et al. (2016), Shih et al. (2019), Shih et al. (2022), Tina (2020), Tina et al. (2015), Tina et al. (2015), Tina et al. (2015), Tina et al. (2016), Tina et al. (2016), Tina et al. (2016), Tina et al. (2016), Tina et al. (2017), Tina et al. (2018), Tina et al. (2018), Tina et al. (2018), Tina et al. (2015), Tina & Muramatsu (2020)