Perplexing Fiddler Crab

Austruca perplexa

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae

Austruca perplexa is a species of fiddler crab. It is found from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan to India, throughout the Malay Archipelago, along eastern Australian coasts from Queensland to New South Wales, and in various Pacific islands, including Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. Austruca perplexa was formerly in the genus Uca, but in 2016 it was placed in the genus Austruca, a former subgenus of Uca.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 11

Sources and credits

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Perplexing Fiddler Crab

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