Uca (Tubuca) acuta (Stimpson,1858)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 66-67

54. Uca (Tubuca) acuta (Stimpson,1858)

1858. Gelasimusacutus Stimpson, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci:

Philad.: 99

1986. Uca acuta acuta : Deb, Chakraborty & Choudhury, J.

Bengal Natu. Hist. Soc., 5: 59

Material examined: None. Based on earlier report.

Diagnosis: Carapace very convex, regions well demarcated. Front extremly narrow. Upper surfaces of the wrist and palms covered with fine ganules; upper and lower borders of large palm well defined and two oblique granular crests present on the inner surface of palm. Fingers broad, thin; one enlarge tooth present near the tips which give forceps like grip to the fingers when closed. The merus of the last pair of leg also distinctly foliaceous.

Distribution: India: Andaman Island, West Bengal (Sundarbans, Bay of Bengal, Digha coast). Elsewhere: Karachi and Mergui.