Species Tubuca coarctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1852)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

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
10-May-2012		18-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)