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Uca annulipes   (Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Porcelain fiddler crab

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

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Saco mangrove, Inhaca Island (Ref. 113594), and Costa Do Sol mangrove, Maputo Bay (Ref. 113595). C: Refs. 113594, 113595.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mz.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Macia, A., I. Quincardete and J. Paula, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Porcelain fiddler crab, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | 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 Ecologia

; salmastro.   Tropical; 30°N - 30°S, 30°E - 171°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-Pacific. Tropical and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabits low muddy areas along the edges of small streams (Ref. 104819). Also associated with sandy habitats in lagoonal beach (Ref. 104858), and intertidal mudflats (Ref. 128960). Feeds during low tide. Constructs mud hoods at the entrance of their burrows (Ref. 104819). Deposit feeder (Ref. 128960).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Tan, C.G.S. and P.K.L. Ng. 1994. (Ref. 81559)

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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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

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