Type Description

Species: Uca dussumieri capricornis

• Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Information

Subgenus: Tubuca
Synonyms/Alternate Spellings: Uca pavo
Possibly sibling species to Uca paradussumieri and Uca dussumieri
Geographic Range (Map): Australia (Northwest coast through North coast)

Pictures

These photos are from George and Jones (1982). They were labeled as U. pavo but that specific name is a junior synonym for U. capricornis (von Hagen and Jones, 1989). The picture labeled U. capricornis in George and Jones (1982) is probably a juvenile U. flammula.

Video

No video available at this time.

References

Crane (1975); Detto et al. (2006); George and Jones (1982); von Hagen and Jones (1989); Hemmi et al. (2006); Jones and George (1982); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon and Zucker (1988); Yamaguchi (2001); Zeil and Hemmi (2006)