Tubuca_urvillei

<i>Tubuca urvillei</i>

Tubuca urvillei

Species of crab

Tubuca urvillei is a species of fiddler crab. It is found in the Southeastern Africa from southern Somalia to the South Africa and Madagascar.

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Tubuca urvillei was formerly a member of the genus Uca, but in 2016, it was placed in the genus Tubuca, a former subgenus of Uca.[1][2][3]

Description

Figure of T. urvillei

The carapace of a male is broadly triangular and directed laterally. The anterolateral margin is short and slightly long. The major cheliped with dactylus is usually longer than palm. The carapace of female is acutely triangular. The anterolateral margin was absent.[citation needed]

References

  1. [1]
    Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K. L.; Davie, Peter J. F.; Schubart, Christoph D.; et al. (2016). "Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64.
  2. [2]
    Rosenberg, Michael S. (2019). "A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39 (6).
  3. [3]
    "WoRMS taxon details, Tubuca urvillei (H. Milne Edwards, 1852)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-11-16.


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