Austruca

Austruca
Austruca mjoebergi, banana fiddler crab, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe: Gelasimni
Genus: Austruca
Bott, 1973
Austruca perplexa

Austruca (Meaning "Australian Uca) is a genus of indo-west Pacific fiddler crabs in the family Ocypodidae. There are about 13 described species in this genus.[1][2][3]

Austruca was formerly a subgenus of Uca, but in 2016 it was elevated in rank to genus.[2][3][4]

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