Genus Tubuca Bott, 1973

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• 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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

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