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Uca tetragonon   (Herbst, 1790)

Fiddler crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Seychelles country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 96667.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: CRUSTA, 2012
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Fiddler crab, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Ocypodidae (fiddler and ghost crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 1 m (Ref. 96667).   Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in intertidal areas in mud or sand (Ref. 96667). Common below midtide level among coral heads and boulders (Ref. 104855). Estuarine (Ref. 106854). Mainly feeds on rocks covered by filamentous green algae. Makes sand pellets while feeding to separate edible from inedible materials (Ref. 104857). Displays occasional predatory behavior and cannibalism - reported to kill conspecifics and other ocypodid crabs (Ref. 104855).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Gibbs, P.E. 1978. (Ref. 3197)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 2059 cells).