• Gelasimidae Miers, 1886.
• Gelasimiden Nauck, E. 1880. Das Kaugerüst der Brachyuren. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 34: 1-69 pl. 1 [8, 17, 23, 64, 66] [invalid name; not in Latin, unavailable name].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M.-Y. 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175 [Date published 21 July 2016] [149]

• Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M.-Y. 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175 [Date published 21 July 2016]

History of changes

• Austruca Bott, 1873.

  Type species:

   Gelasimus annulipes H. Milne Edwards, 1837 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M.-Y. 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175 [Date published 21 July 2016] [153]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

History of changes

• 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.

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

• Gelasimus perplexus Milne Edwards, H. 1852. De la famille des ocypodides (Ocypodidae). Second Mémoire, in, Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des Crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 18: 128-166 pls 3, 4 [150 pl. 4 fig. 18].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Java, Indonesia.

Generic Combinations

• Austruca perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1852).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (eastern India to Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan).

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangroves.

Extra Ecological Information

To sandy-mud on landward and seaward 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. (type material information)

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [83]

History of changes

• Gelasimus triangularis Milne Edwards, A. 1873. Recherches sur la faune carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Pt. 2. Groupe des Cyclometopes Neptunens. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 9: 155-332 pls 4-18 [275].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, New Caledonia.

Generic Combinations

• Austruca triangularis (A. Milne Edwards, 1873).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

On the shaded shoulders of protected creeks.

General References

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

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [77]

History of changes

• Gelasimus Latreille, P.A. 1817. Gélasime, Gelasimus (Buffon). pp. 517–520 in, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture … etc. par une societé de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. edn 2 Vol. XII. [517] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Cancer vocans Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Les Crustacés. 113-120 pls 5, 18, 54 in Cuvier, G. (ed.). Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville 278 pp., Atlas, pls 1-80. [Date published April 1841] [pl. 18 fig. 1].
• Latuca Bott, R. 1973. Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der Uca-Arten (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 54(4–6): 315-325 30 figs pl. [317] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Mesuca (Latuca) neocultrimana Bott, 1973 by original designation.
• Mesuca Bott, R. 1973. Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der Uca-Arten (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 54(4–6): 315-325 30 figs pl. [316] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Cancer tetragonon Herbst, 1790 by original designation.
• Thalassuca Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [75] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Cancer tetragonon Herbst, 1790 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M.-Y. 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175 [Date published 21 July 2016] [151]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

History of changes

• Uca (Thalassuca) vocans dampieri Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [91].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 137671 ♂, Darwin, NT.

Generic Combinations

• Gelasimus dampieri (Crane, 1975).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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

Unshaded sandy-mud to mud along lower tide levels of open bays and creeks, and on isolated sand or mud banks.

General References

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [67]

Hagen, H.O. von 1993. Waving display in females of Uca polita and of other Australian Fiddler Crabs. Ethology 93: 3-20 [16]

History of changes

• Cancer tetragonon Herbst, J.F.W. 1790. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer Systematischen Beischreibung ihrer Verschieden Arten. Berlin & Stralsund Vol. 1 Pt 8 pp. 239–274 pls 18–21. [published from 1782–1804] [257].

  Type data:

   Neotype MNHP ♂, Egypt.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [80].
• Gelasimus variatus Hess, W. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31: 127-173 pls 6-7 [146].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMF ZMG 52a 2♂, Sydney, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [63]

Generic Combinations

• Gelasimus tetragonon (Herbst, 1790).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Often barely protected by a strait or reef from open ocean, often among conglomerates of mixed coral and shell, on mud or muddy sand, sometimes with underlying dead coral.

History of changes

• Uca marionis vomeris McNeill, F.A. 1920. Studies in Australian Carcinology. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 13(3): 105-109 figs 1-5 pl. 19 [106 fig. 4, pl. 19 figs 1-6].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM P4559 ♂, Trial Bay, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) AM P4242–4244, Endeavour River, Fraser Is., Brisbane River, QLD; AM P4549–4551; AM P4553–4556; AM P4558–4563; AM P4565–66; AM P4895; AM P5149–5157.

  Subsequent designation references:

  George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [73].

Generic Combinations

• Gelasimus vomeris (McNeill, 1920).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Unshaded sandy-mud along lower tide levels of open bays and creeks, and on isolated sand or mud banks.

General References

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [70]

Hagen, H.O. von 1993. Waving display in females of Uca polita and of other Australian Fiddler Crabs. Ethology 93: 3-20 [16]

History of changes

• Paraleptuca Bott, R. 1973. Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der Uca-Arten (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 54(4–6): 315-325 30 figs pl. [322] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Gelasimus chlorophthalmus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 by original designation.
• Amphiuca Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [96] [junior objective synonym of Paraleptuca Bott, 1973; gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Gelasimus chlorophthalmus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M.-Y. 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175 [Date published 21 July 2016] [156]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

• Gelasimus crassipes Adams, A. & White, A. 1848. Crustacea. Part I. 1-66 pls I-XIII in Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher during the years 1843–1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve. [49].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 436 ♂, Siquejar, Philippines.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp.
• Gelasimus gaimardi Milne Edwards, H. 1852. De la famille des ocypodides (Ocypodidae). Second Mémoire, in, Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des Crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 18: 128-166 pls 3, 4 [114 pl. 4 fig. 17, 17a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Tongatabou.
• Gelasimus latreillei Milne Edwards, H. 1852. De la famille des ocypodides (Ocypodidae). Second Mémoire, in, Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des Crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 18: 128-166 pls 3, 4 [114 pl. 4 fig. 20, 20a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Bora Bora.
• Gelasimus pulchellus Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Ocypodoidea: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars V. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 93-110 [page numbers 39–56 on separate reprint] [100].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (presumed lost), Tahiti.
• Uca novaeguineae Rathbun, M.J. 1913. Descriptions of new species of crabs of the family Ocypodidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1971): 615-620 pls 74-76 [617].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 6374 2♂, New Guinea.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [102-103]

Generic Combinations

• Paraleptuca crassipes (Adams & White, 1848).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Western and central Pacific Ocean.

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Characteristically not close to the open sea but near high tide levels on the muddy banks and flats of mangrove estuaries.

General References

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [74 figs 3, 51a-f]

History of changes

• Tubuca Bott, R. 1973. Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der Uca-Arten (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 54(4–6): 315-325 30 figs pl. [322] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Gelasimus urvillei H. Milne Edwards, 1852 by original designation.
• Australuca Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [62] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Gelasimus bellator Adams & White, 1848 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M.-Y. 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175 [Date published 21 July 2016] [156]

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M.-Y. 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175 [Date published 21 July 2016] [159]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

History of changes

• Uca (Deltuca) demani australiae Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 64250 ♂, Broome, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca australiae (Crane, 1975).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

General References

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [34]

History of changes

• Uca (Deltuca) dussumieri capricornis Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 137675 ♂, Broome WA.
• Uca pavo George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [25 figs 19b, 20b, 38a-i].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 189-78 ♂, in front of Continental Hotel, Napier Terrace, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 55-55; AM P16801; AM P16811; AM P16808; AM G4191; NHRM 11895; WAM 222-80; WAM 205-80; WAM 194-80; WAM 180-80; WAM 177-80; WAM 170-80; WAM 163-80; WAM 261-79; WAM 172-78; WAM 168-78; WAM 121–123-78; WAM 314-79; WAM 312-79; WAM 61-77; WAM 60; WAM 56-77.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hagen, H.O. von & Jones, D.S. 1989. The fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae: Uca) of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 55-68 [58]

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca capricornis (Crane, 1975).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Muddy banks of narrow creeks, in shade of trees.

History of changes

• Gelasimus coarctatus Milne Edwards, H. 1852. De la famille des ocypodides (Ocypodidae). Second Mémoire, in, Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des Crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 18: 128-166 pls 3, 4 [146 pl. 3 fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Odessa, Black Sea (type locality considered to be wrong, see Crane (1975: 55)).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [55].

  Type locality references:

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

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca coarctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1852).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

West Pacific Ocean (Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Fiji).

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Muddy upper shoulder of steep creeks.

General References

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [37]

History of changes

• Gelasimus dussumieri Milne Edwards, H. 1852. De la famille des ocypodides (Ocypodidae). Second Mémoire, in, Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des Crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 18: 128-166 pls 3, 4 [148 pl. 4 fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Samarang, Java, Indonesia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [35].

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca dussumieri (H. Milne Edwards, 1852).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Muddy upper shoulder of steep creeks, usually shaded.

General References

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [31]

History of changes

• Uca elegans George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [22 figs 14-18, 37a-i, 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 52-76 ♂, Derby, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 655-65; WAM 659-65; WAM 118-68; WAM 124-68; WAM 181-78; WAM 22; WAM 23-77; WAM 282-79; WAM 293; WAM 295-79; WAM 90 to 93-78; WAM 316-79; WAM 323-79; WAM 278-79; WAM 280-79; WAM 300-79; WAM 182-62; WAM 325-79; WAM 330-79; WAM 332-79; WAM 289-79; WAM 172-62; WAM 153; WAM 154-80; WAM 158-80; WAM 196-80; WAM 44-76; WAM 49 to 51-76; WAM 53 to 59-76; WAM 126-76; WAM 1-78; WAM 12-78; WAM 18-77; WAM 114-78; WAM 115-78; WAM 263-79; WAM 264-79; WAM 153-78; AM P19134; AM P17772; AM P17770.

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca elegans (George & Jones, 1982).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangroves.

Extra Ecological Information

Sandy loam in salt flats, burrows have characteristic short (5 cm) `chimneys'.

History of changes

• Uca (Deltuca) coarctata flammula Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [56].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 137676 ♂, Darwin, NT.

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca flammula (Crane, 1975).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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

Muddy upper shoulder of steep creeks.

General References

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [40]

History of changes

• Uca hirsutimanus George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [49 figs 24c, 30b, 44a-g].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 190-78 ♂, Derby, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 61-76; WAM 69-76; WAM 76 to 88-76; WAM 90; WAM 91-76; WAM 124; WAM 125-76; WAM 33-77; WAM 35; WAM 36-77; WAM 4-78; WAM 6-78; WAM 74-78; WAM 81-78; WAM 88-78; WAM 135 to 145-78; WAM 163; WAM 164-78; WAM 175-78; WAM 271-79; WAM 290-79; WAM 169-80; WAM 174-80; WAM 184-80; WAM 213-80; WAM 226-80; WAM 123-81; AM P31763; AM P31765; AM P31769; AM P31773 to 75; AM P31783; AM P31970 to 982.

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca hirsutimanus (George & Jones, 1982).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Very soft mud on lower levels of gently sloping creek banks.

General References

Hagen, H.O. von 1993. Waving display in females of Uca polita and of other Australian Fiddler Crabs. Ethology 93: 3-20 [14]

History of changes

• Gelasimus longidigitum Kingsley, J.S. 1880. Cardinological Notes. No. 2. Revision of the Gelasimi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1880: 135-155, 35 figs [144].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Moreton Bay, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca longidigitum (Kingsley, 1880).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From Moreton Bay region.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Banks of tidal rivers and mud and sandy-mud along seaward margin of mangroves.

General References

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

Davie, P. 1998. Wild Guide to Moreton Bay. Wildlife and habitats of a beautiful Australian coast – Noosa to the Tweed. Brisbane : Queensland Museum xxiv 408 pp. [46] (colour photograph)

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [53]

History of changes

• Uca polita Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 137667 ♂, Gladstone, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca polita (Crane, 1975).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Mud and sandy-mud along seaward margin of mangroves in open bays, narrow creeks, and on isolated sand or mud banks.

General References

Hagen, H.O. von 1993. Waving display in females of Uca polita and of other Australian Fiddler Crabs. Ethology 93: 3-20 [5]

History of changes

• Uca seismella Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 37666 ♂, Darwin, NT.

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca seismella (Crane, 1975).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Muddy banks near mouth of creeks, often steep banks.

General References

George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [56] (re-described and illustrated)

Hagen, H.O. von 1993. Waving display in females of Uca polita and of other Australian Fiddler Crabs. Ethology 93: 3-20 [14]

History of changes

• Gelasimus signatus Hess, W. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31: 127-173 pls 6-7 [pl. 6 fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMF ZMG 53a (presumed lost), Sydney (doubtful locality, see Crane (1975: 66)).

  Type locality references:

  Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp.
• Uca (Australuca) bellator minima Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Jersey : Princeton University Press 736 pp. [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 137668, Darwin, NT.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• George, R.W. & Jones, D.S. 1982. A revision of the Fiddler Crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca). Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 14: 5-99 [44]

Generic Combinations

• Tubuca signata (Hess, 1865).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Sandy-mud on upper levels of gently sloping creek banks, also sandy loam in salts flats behind mangroves.

History of changes