Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Infraorder Brachyura | |
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Similar Uca pugilator, Uca annulipes, Uca pugnax, Fiddler crab, Ocypodidae | ||
Uca tangeri fiddler crab ocypodidae caranguejo boca cava terra
Uca tangeri is a species of fiddler crab that lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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Description
Uca tangeri is the largest species in the genus Uca, with a carapace up to 50 millimetres (2.0 in) wide, and up to 25 mm (1.0 in) long. The males have one claw much larger than the other, which they use for communication. The carapace is violet to black, or sometimes yellowish in females, while the appendages are yellowish brown.
Distribution
The range of Uca tangeri extends from southern Portugal southwards to Angola; it is the most abundant crab in The Gambia.
Taxonomy
Uca tangeri was first described by Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux in 1835 as Gelasimus tangeri. The specific epithet tangeri refers to the Gulf of Tangier, Morocco, the species' type locality. The common name preferred by the Food and Agriculture Organization is West African fiddler crab (French: gélasime africain; Spanish: violinista africano).
