Tubuca flammula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe: Gelasimini
Genus: Tubuca
Species:
T. flammula
Binomial name
Tubuca flammula
(Crane, 1975)

Tubuca flammula, commonly known as the flame-backed fiddler crab is a species of fiddler crab that is found in the northwest of Western Australia, the northern part of the Northern Territory and the western half of Papua New Guinea[1][2]

Tubuca flammula was formerly a member of the genus Uca, but in 2016 it was placed in the genus Tubuca, a former subgenus of Uca.[3][4][5]

Description

Like other fiddler crabs, Tubuca flammula males have one claw that is significantly larger than the other, while females have two equal-sized smaller claws. It has a black carapace with two white or pinkish parallel marks running fore and aft near the centre and a solid red band across the front of the carapace. The claws are bright red-orange and the eyes are close together.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the Flame-backed Fiddler Crab". Western Australian Museum. Government of Western Australia. 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Atlas of Living Australia". ala.org.au. National Research Infrastructure for Australia, CSIRO. 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. ↑ Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K. L.; Davie, Peter J. F.; Schubart, Christoph D.; et al. (2016). "Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64.
  4. ↑ Rosenberg, Michael S. (2019). "A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39 (6).
  5. ↑ "WoRMS taxon details, Tubuca flammula (Crane, 1975)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  6. ↑ "Fiddler Crab Reflections". www.fiddlercrab.info. Michael Rosenberg. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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