species: Austruca perplexa in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Austruca perplexa


©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.

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

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Comments

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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