Species Austruca mjoebergi (Rathbun, 1924)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Uca mjoebergi Rathbun, M.J. 1924. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 37. Brachyura, Albuneidae and Porcellanidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 16(23): 1-33, text-figs 1-7 pl. 1 [9 pl. 1 figs 1-4] [the original spelling, 'mjöbergi', does not conform with the ICZN 1985, Art. 32].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) USNM 56418 2 specimens.

 

Generic Combinations

• Austruca mjoebergi (Rathbun, 1924).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

To sandy-mud on landward edge of mangroves in sheltered bays, creeks and river mouths.

 

General References

Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
26-Mar-2012		26-Mar-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)