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Tubuca rhizophorae

Asian Mangrove Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca rhizophorae
Tweedie, M.W.F. (1950) Grapsoid crabs from Labuan and Sarawak. Sarawak Museum Journal 5(2):338–369.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus TubucaSubgenus Angustuca
Common Names
English: Asian Mangrove Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Tubuca rhizophorae, Uca rhizophorae, Uca rizophorae
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 15.4 mm ± 1.90 (sd), 95% range: 11.7–19.1 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Singapore; eastern Malaysia; Borneo
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); Shih et al. (2016); Suzawa et al. (1993); Tan & Ng (1994)
External Links
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References

Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bott (1973), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), Macnae (1968), Ng et al. (2008), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Salmon (1965), Schöne (1961), Schöne & Schöne (1963), Serène (1973), Shih et al. (2016), Tan & Ng (1994), Tweedie (1950), Tweedie (1954), von Hagen (1970)