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Austruca citrus

Lemon Fiddler Crab

Austruca citrus

Type Description

Austruca citrus
Shih, H.-T., and J. Poupin (2020) A new fiddler crab of Austruca Bott, 1973, closely related to A. perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1852) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae), from the South Pacific islands. Zoological Studies 59:26.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus AustrucaSubgenus Austruca
Common Names
English: Lemon Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Austruca citrus
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 11.1 mm ± 1.55 (sd), 95% range: 8.1–14.2 mm (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: central Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Wallis & Futuna
Purple fiddler crabs indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue fiddler crabs surrounded by a dashed circle indicate the same but for larger, general regions; green fiddler crabs indicate “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist; yellow circles with a question mark indicate questionable records of this species from the scientific record; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken records from the scientific record.
Range map data derived from: Shih & Poupin (2020)
Associated Field Guides
Fiji and Polynesia
External Links
Wikipedia
iNaturalist

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References

Balss (1938), Crane (1957), De Man (1891), Huang & Shih (2021), Miers (1886), Naderloo et al. (2016), Naderloo et al. (2010), Ortmann (1894), Parisi (1918), Pesta (1911), Pesta (1913), Poupin (2010), Poupin & Juncker (2008), Rosenberg (2020), Serène (1973), Shih et al. (2016), Shih et al. (2019), Shih & Poupin (2020), Shih et al. (2022), Thurman et al. (2025), Weis & Weis (2013)