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Tubuca forcipata

Forceps Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus forcipatus
Adams, A., and A. White (1848) Crustacea. Pp. 1–66 in The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. "Samarang"; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846, A. Adams, ed., Volume 8. London: Reeve, Benham, & Reeve.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus TubucaSubgenus Tubuca
Common Names
English: Forceps Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus arcuatus var. forcipatus, Gelasimus forcipatus, Gelasimus manii, Tubuca forcipata, Uca c.f. forcipata, Uca forcipata, Uca forcipatus, Uca mani, Uca manii, Uca manni
Size
Large Carapace Breadth: 21.7 mm ± 4.92 (sd), 95% range: 12.1–31.4 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Malaysia, Thailand, western Indonesia, western Philippines
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: Crane (1975); Pratiwi et al. (2018)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
GBIF

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References

Adams & White (1848), Alcock (1900), Altevogt (1957), Ashton et al. (2003), Barnes (2010), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Berry (1963), Bott (1973), Chertoprud et al. (2012), Clark & Presswell (2001), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), Dawydoff (1952), De Man (1891), De Man (1892), De Man (1895), De Man (1902), Diele et al. (2013), Emmerson (1990), Emmerson (1994), Estampador (1937), Estampador (1959), Fransen et al. (1997), Frith & Brunenmeister (1980), Frith & Frith (1977), Frith & Frith (1978), Frith et al. (1976), Geist et al. (2012), Jaroensutasinee & Jaroensutasinee (2004), Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003), Kingsley (1880), Kon et al. (2009), Kon et al. (2007), Kon et al. (2009), Lanchester (1900), Lundoer (1974), Maccagno (1928), Macintosh (1978), Miers (1879), Miers (1880), Milne Edwards (1852), Milne Edwards (1854), Murniati (2015), Murniati & Pratiwi (2015), Nabout et al. (2010), Naiyanetr (2007), Ng & Davie (2002), Ng et al. (2008), Ngoc & Le (2023), Nobili (1903), Ortmann (1894), Pratiwi et al. (2018), Rathbun (1910), Rathbun (1914), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Rupp (2004), Rupp (2011), Rupp (2012), Rupp (2013), Rupp (2013), Rupp (2013), Rupp (2014), Rupp (2014), Rupp (2015), Sasekumar (1974), Serène (1973), Shen (1940), Shih et al. (2018), Shih et al. (2016), Slatyer et al. (2008), Stimpson (1907), Suvatti (1950), Tan & Ng (1994), Tesch (1918), Tina et al. (2017), Tweedie (1937), Tweedie (1948), Tweedie (1950), Wada (2019)