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Tubuca longidigitum

Long-fingered Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus longidigitum
Kingsley, J.S. (1880) Carcinological notes, No. II.-Revision of the Gelasimi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1880(1):135–155.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus TubucaSubgenus Australuca
Common Names
English: Grey-clawed Fiddler Crab, Long-fingered Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus longidigitum, Tubuca (Australuca) longidigitum, Tubuca longidigitum, Uca (Australuca) bellator longidigita, Uca (Australuca) longidigitum, Uca longidigita, Uca longidigitum
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 16.3 mm ± 3.54 (sd), 95% range: 9.4–23.3 mm (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Australia (Queensland)
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: George & Jones (1982); von Hagen & Jones (1989)
Associated Field Guides
Eastern Australia
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
GBIF

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References

Alcock (1900), Balss (1922), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), Davie (1982), Estampador (1937), Estampador (1959), George & Jones (1982), Jones & George (1982), Kingsley (1880), Macnae (1966), Macnae (1967), Macnae (1968), Ng et al. (2008), Nobili (1899), Nobili (1899), Nobili (1903), Ortmann (1897), Rathbun (1921), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2014), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Salmon & Zucker (1988), Serène (1973), Shih et al. (2016), Snelling (1959)