Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 67

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184107

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scientific name

Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
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55. Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) View in CoL

1837. Gelasimus annulipes H. Milne. Edwards, Hist. Natu.

Crustes, Paris, 1: 55

1975. Uca (Celuca) Lactea annulipes Crane, Fiddler Crabs of Worl.d: 299

Material examined: None. Based on earlier report.

Diagnosis: Antero lateral angles of carapace very sharp. Front between the eye stalks measured about one fifth or so of the maximum width of carapace. Outer surfaces of the large male cheliped joints smooth, lower border of palm obscurely marginate. Fingers are not very broad and leave a wide gap when closed, tip of dactylus sharp, hook like and the tip of finger is notched.

Distribution: India: Andaman Island, East and West coasts of India, West Bengal (coastal range of Bay of Bengal, Digha coast). Elsewhere: East coast of Africa, Mergui Archipelago, Philippines to Madagascar and Singapore.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Ocypodidae

Genus

Uca

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