Fiddler Crab (species: Austruca perplexa) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Austruca perplexa
Fiddler Crab


©Barbara Banks: Fiddler Crab Austruca perplexa in the mangroves at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island. Thanks to Dr Shane Ahyong (Australian Museum) for the identification.

©Denise Chan from Hong Kong, China: Fiddler Crab (Austruca perplexa)?

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Ocypodidae
Genus Austruca
Species Austruca perplexa

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WORMS (accessed 24 Aug 2016) lists this species as Uca (Austruca) perplexa but Dr Shane Ahyong regards Austruca as a genus rather than a subgenus.

by Anne Hoggett

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