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Uca (Australuca) polita

Locations Where the Name has Been Applied

Purple fiddler crabs indicate locations where this name has been applied (whether correctly or incorrectly) in the scientific record; blue fiddler crabs surrounded by a dashed circle indicate the same but for larger, general regions; a skull and crossbones indicates locations where this name has been applied to a fossil; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken records from the scientific record.
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Publications Using this Name

Citation Where Applied to... Accepted Name Source of Accepted Note(s)
Crane (1975) text p. 63, 65, 70, 72-74, 335, 350, 377, 400, 404, 414, 432, 435, 549; figures 10, 31B, 62F, 92, 97; map 4; plate 12E-H specimen: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia Tubuca polita Original type description
    citation: Macnae (1966)Uca sp. Tubuca polita Computed  
 
Levinton et al. (1996) text p. 123 location: Taiwan Tubuca polita Original location clearly incorrect as this is an Australian species
 
Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) text p. 16, 20, 25; figures 3f, 6e,f citation: Crane (1975)Uca (Australuca) polita Tubuca polita Computed  
 
Ng et al. (2008) text p. 240 citation: Crane (1975)Uca (Australuca) polita Tubuca polita Computed  
 
Ting et al. (2020) text p. 2024-2025 citation: Tan et al. (2018)Tubuca polita Tubuca polita Computed NC_039106.1