Biology:Uca flammula
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Short description: The flame-backed fiddler crab, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea
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Uca flammula, commonly known as the flame-backed fiddler crab is a species of fiddler crab that is found in the north-west of Western Australia, the northern part of the Northern Territory and the western half of Papua New Guinea[1][2]
Description
Like other fiddler crabs, Uca flammula males have one claw that is significantly larger than the other, while females have two equal-sized smaller claws. It has a black carapace with two white or pinkish parallel marks running fore and aft near the centre and a solid red band across the front of the carapace. The claws are bright red-orange and the eyes are close together.[3]
References
- ↑ "Meet the Flame-backed Fiddler Crab". Government of Western Australia. 2017. http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/articles/meet-flame-backed-fiddler-crab.
- ↑ "Atlas of Living Australia". National Research Infrastructure for Australia, CSIRO. 2018. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5e1ac5f6-74d2-4da8-8752-f6b135973a3a.
- ↑ "Fiddler Crab Reflections". Michael Rosenberg. 20 March 2017. http://www.fiddlercrab.info/blog/the-flame-backed-fiddler-crab-uca-flammula-fiddler-crab-of-the-week/.
Wikidata ☰ Q14510198 entry
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