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Cranuca inversa

Inversed Fiddler Crab

Cranuca inversa

Type Description

Gelasimus inversus
Hoffmann, C.K. (1874) Crustacea, Volume Part 5, livr. 2. Leyden.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus Cranuca
Common Names
English: Inversed Fiddler Crab
Malagasy: Cava tangena
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Austruca inversa, Cranuca inversa, Gelasimus inversus, Gelasimus smithii, Uca inversa, Uca inversa inversa, Uca inversus, Uca universa
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.9 mm ± 5.04 (sd), 95% range: 8.1–27.8 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: east African coast, from South Africa to the Red Sea to the mouth of the Persian Gulf; Madagascar
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: Apel & Türkay (1999); Crane (1975); Naderloo & Türkay (2012); Poupin et al. (2018); Price et al. (1987)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

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