Species Tubuca longidigitum (Kingsley, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
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