Austruca
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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]
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Austruca | |
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Austruca mjoebergi, banana fiddler crab, Australia | |
Scientific 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 |
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Austruca was formerly a subgenus of Uca, but in 2016 it was elevated in rank to genus.[2][3][4]