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Tubuca longidigitum

Long-fingered Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus longidigitum
Kingsley, J.S. (1880) Carcinological notes, No. II.-Revision of the Gelasimi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1880(1):135–155.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Tubuca → Subgenus Australuca
Common Names
English: Grey-clawed Fiddler Crab, Long-fingered Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus longidigitum, Tubuca longidigitum, Uca longidigita, Uca longidigitum
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 16.4 mm ± 3.61 (sd), 95% range: 9.4–23.5 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Australia (Queensland)
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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: George & Jones (1982); von Hagen & Jones (1989)
External Links
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References

Alcock (1900), Balss (1922), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), Davie (1982), Estampador (1937), Estampador (1959), George & Jones (1982), Jones & George (1982), Kingsley (1880), Macnae (1966), Macnae (1967), Macnae (1968), Ng et al. (2008), Nobili (1899), Nobili (1899), Nobili (1903), Ortmann (1897), Rathbun (1921), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2014), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Salmon & Zucker (1988), Serène (1973), Shih et al. (2016), Snelling (1959)