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Tubuca urvillei

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Tubuca urvillei
Male T. urvillei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe: Gelasimini
Genus: Tubuca
Species:
T. urvillei
Binomial name
Tubuca urvillei
(H. Milne Edwards, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Gelasimus arcuatus Krauss 1843
  • Gelasimus dussumieri A. Milne-Edwards 1868
  • Uca arcuata Stebbing 1905
  • Uca arcuatus Stebbing 1917
  • Uca dussumieri Maccagno 1928
  • Uca urvillei Barnard 1950
  • Tubuca urvillei Bott 1973
  • Uca (Uca) dussumieri Hartnoll 1975
  • Uca (Uca) urvillei Hartnoll 1975
  • Uca (Deltuca) [coarctata] urvillei Crane 1975
  • Uca (Deltuca) urvillei Vannini and Valmori 1981
  • Uca (Tubuca) urvillei Bouchard et al. 2013

Tubuca urvillei is a species of fiddler crab. It is found in the Southeastern Africa from southern Somalia to the South Africa and Madagascar.

Tubuca urvillei was formerly a member of the genus Uca, but in 2016, it was placed in the genus Tubuca, a former subgenus of Uca.[1][2][3]

Description

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Figure of T. urvillei

The carapace of a male is broadly triangular and directed laterally. The anterolateral margin is short and slightly long. The major cheliped with dactylus is usually longer than palm. The carapace of female is acutely triangular. The anterolateral margin was absent.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K. L.; Davie, Peter J. F.; Schubart, Christoph D.; et al. (2016). "Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, Michael S. (2019). "A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39 (6).
  3. ^ "WoRMS taxon details, Tubuca urvillei (H. Milne Edwards, 1852)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-11-16.