Species Tubuca elegans (George & Jones, 1982)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

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)