Species Tubuca signata (Hess, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

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)