Tubuca urvillei

Uca urvillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Ocypodidae
Genus:	Uca
Species:	U. urvillei
Binomial name
	Uca urvillei; (H. Milne Edwards, 1852)
Synonyms
	Gelasimus arcuatus Krauss 1843; Gelasimus dussumieri A. Milne-Edwards 1868; Uca arcuata Stebbing 1905; Uca arcuatus Stebbing 1917; Uca dussumieri Maccagno 1928; Uca urvillei Barnard 1950; Tubuca urvillei Bott 1973; Uca (Uca) dussumieri Hartnoll 1975; Uca (Uca) urvillei Hartnoll 1975; Uca (Deltuca) [coarctata] urvillei Crane 1975; Uca (Deltuca) urvillei Vannini and Valmori 1981; Uca (Tubuca) urvillei Bouchard et al. 2013;

Uca urvillei is a species of fiddler crab. It is found in the Southeastern Africa from southern Somalia to the South Africa and Madagascar.

Description

Carapace of male is broadly triangular and directed laterally. Anterolateral margin is short and slightly long. Major cheliped with dactylus usually longer than palm. Carapace of female is acutely triangular. Anterolateral margin absent.

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