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Austruca
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Austruca

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.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Milky Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca lactea

Ring-legged Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca annulipes

Perplexing Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca perplexa

East African Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca occidentalis

Bengal Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca bengali

Motley Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca variegata

Triangular Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca triangularis

Citrus Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca citrus

Banana Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca mjobergi

White-handed Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca albimana

Iranian Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca iranica

Indus Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca sindensis

Cryptic Fiddler Crab

speciesAustruca cryptica

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 555952.