Tubuca alcocki
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Tubuca alcocki is a species of fiddler crab. Its range includes most of the northern Indian Ocean, from western Thailand (facing the Andaman Sea), through the Bay of Bengal and India, to the Red Sea.[1][2]
| Tubuca alcocki | |
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| Tubuca alcocki holotype, Thailand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelasiminae |
| Genus: | Tubuca |
| Species: | T. alcocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Tubuca alcocki Shih, Chan & Ng, 2018 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Etymology
The specific name alcocki is in honor of Alfred William Alcock, the naturalist who recorded the species from India and Pakistan as Uca urvillei.[1]
Ecology
It is a mangrove species which lives sympatric with Austruca annulipes, Austruca bengali, Tubuca forcipata, Tubuca paradussumieri and Austruca iranica.[1]
References
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