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Austruca
Sign in to saveAustruca is a genus of Indo-west Pacific fiddler crabs in the family Ocypodidae. There are about 13 described species in this genus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyOcypodidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Ocypodidae
- Collections
- AMNH, QM, UF, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Oman, Chinese Taipei, China, Vanuatu, Thailand, India
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Austruca is a genus of Indo-west Pacific fiddler crabs in the family Ocypodidae. There are about 13 described species in this genus.
Austruca was formerly a subgenus of Uca, but in 2016 it was elevated in rank to genus.
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