Tubuca forcipata
Forceps Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Gelasimus forcipatus Adams, A., and A. White (1848) Crustacea. Pp. 1–66 in The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. "Samarang"; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846 , A. Adams, ed., Volume 8. London: Reeve, Benham, & Reeve.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Tubuca → Subgenus Tubuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Gelasimus arcuatus var. forcipatus Gelasimus forcipatus Gelasimus manii Mesuca (Mesuca) forcipatus Tubuca (Tubuca) forcipata Tubuca forcipata Uca (coarctata) forcipata Uca (Deltuca) (coarctata) forcipata Uca (Deltuca) [coarctata] forcipata Uca (Tubuca) forcipata Uca (Uca) forcipatus Uca (Uca) mani Uca c.f. forcipata Uca forcipata Uca forcipatus Uca mani Uca manii Uca manni Size
Large Carapace Breadth: 21.7 mm ± 4.84 (sd), 95% range: 12.2–31.2 mm (Data )
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Malaysia, Thailand, western Indonesia, western Philippines
Purple fiddler crabs iNaturalist ; yellow circles with a question mark
Range map data derived from: Crane (1975) ; Pratiwi et al. (2018)
Associated Field Guides
Borneo Central Indonesia Eastern Malay Peninsula and Mainland Southeast Asia Philippines Singapore and Johor, Malaysia Sumatra Western Malay Peninsula External Links
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Adams & White (1848) ,
Alcock (1900) ,
Altevogt (1957) ,
Ashton et al. (2003) ,
Barnes (2010) ,
Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) ,
Berry (1963) ,
Bott (1973) ,
Chertoprud et al. (2012) ,
Clark & Presswell (2001) ,
Crane (1957) ,
Crane (1975) ,
Dawydoff (1952) ,
De Man (1891) ,
De Man (1892) ,
De Man (1895) ,
De Man (1902) ,
Diele et al. (2013) ,
Emmerson (1990) ,
Emmerson (1994) ,
Estampador (1937) ,
Estampador (1959) ,
Fransen et al. (1997) ,
Frith & Brunenmeister (1980) ,
Frith & Frith (1977) ,
Frith & Frith (1978) ,
Frith et al. (1976) ,
Geist et al. (2012) ,
Jaroensutasinee & Jaroensutasinee (2004) ,
Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003) ,
Kingsley (1880) ,
Kon et al. (2009) ,
Kon et al. (2007) ,
Kon et al. (2009) ,
Lanchester (1900) ,
Lundoer (1974) ,
Maccagno (1928) ,
Macintosh (1978) ,
Miers (1879) ,
Miers (1880) ,
Milne Edwards (1852) ,
Milne Edwards (1854) ,
Murniati (2015) ,
Murniati & Pratiwi (2015) ,
Nabout et al. (2010) ,
Naiyanetr (2007) ,
Ng & Davie (2002) ,
Ng et al. (2008) ,
Ngoc & Le (2023) ,
Nobili (1903) ,
Ortmann (1894) ,
Pratiwi et al. (2018) ,
Rathbun (1910) ,
Rathbun (1914) ,
Rosenberg (2000) ,
Rosenberg (2001) ,
Rosenberg (2002) ,
Rosenberg (2019) ,
Rosenberg (2020) ,
Rupp (2004) ,
Rupp (2011) ,
Rupp (2012) ,
Rupp (2013) ,
Rupp (2013) ,
Rupp (2013) ,
Rupp (2014) ,
Rupp (2014) ,
Rupp (2015) ,
Sasekumar (1974) ,
Serène (1973) ,
Shen (1940) ,
Shih et al. (2018) ,
Shih et al. (2016) ,
Slatyer et al. (2008) ,
Stimpson (1907) ,
Suvatti (1950) ,
Tan & Ng (1994) ,
Tesch (1918) ,
Tina et al. (2017) ,
Tweedie (1937) ,
Tweedie (1948) ,
Tweedie (1950) ,
Wada (2019)
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.
