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Austruca

Austruca is a genus of Indo-west Pacific fiddler crabs in the family Ocypodidae. There are about 13 described species in this genus.

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Austruca
Austruca citrus
Citrus fiddle crab, Fiji
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe: Gelasimni
Genus: Austruca
Bott, 1973

Austruca is a genus of Indo-west Pacific fiddler crabs in the family Ocypodidae. There are about 13 described species in this genus.123

Austruca was formerly a subgenus of Uca, but in 2016 it was elevated in rank to genus.234

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Austruca:

  • Austruca albimana (Kossmann, 1877) (white-handed fiddler crab)
  • Austruca annulipes (H.Milne Edwards, 1837) (ring-legged fiddler crab)
  • Austruca bengali (bengal fiddler crab)
  • Austruca citrus (citrus fiddler crab)
  • Austruca cryptica (Naderloo, Türkay & Chen, 2010) (cryptic fiddler crab)
  • Austruca iranica (Pretzmann, 1971) (Iranian fiddler crab)
  • Austruca lactea (De Haan, 1835) (milky fiddler crab)
  • Austruca mjoebergi (Rathbun, 1924) (banana fiddler crab)
  • Austruca occidentalis (Naderloo, Schubart & Shih, 2016) (East African fiddler crab)
  • Austruca perplexa (H.Milne Edwards, 1852) (perplexing fiddler crab)
  • Austruca sindensis (Alcock, 1900) (indus fiddler crab)
  • Austruca triangularis (A.Milne-Edwards, 1873) (triangular fiddler crab)
  • Austruca variegata (Heller, 1862) (motley fiddler crab)
  • Austruca mjoebergi Banana fiddler crab, Australia
    Austruca mjoebergi
    Banana fiddler crab, Australia
  • Austruca perplexa Perplexing fiddler crab Australia
    Austruca perplexa
    Perplexing fiddler crab
    Australia
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