Type Description

Species: Uca coarctata flammula

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

Information

Subgenus: Tubuca
Possibly sister species to Uca coarctata
Geographic Range (Map): Australia (Northwest Coast to North Coast), New Guinea (Western)

Pictures

These photos are from George and Jones (1982). Note: The third picture (the juvenile male) was labeled as U. capricornis in George and Jones (1982) but is probably a juvenile of U. flammula (von Hagen and Jones, 1989).

This photo was taken from a website at the Western Australian Museum.

Video

No video available at this time.

References

Bezerra et al. (2006); Crane (1975); George and Jones (1982); von Hagen and Jones (1989); Haswell (1882 = G. arcuatus & G. dussumieri); Jones and George (1982); Lim and Heng (2007); Masunari (2006); Miyake (1939 = U. forcipata); Nobbs (2003); Nobbs and McGuinness (1999); Rathbun (1914 = U. forcipata, 1924 = U. dussumieri); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon and Zucker (1988); Shih et al. (2005); Yamaguchi (2001); Zeil et al. (1986)