Afruca tangeri
| Afruca tangeri | |
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| male, Gambia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Genus: | Afruca |
| Species: | A. tangeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Afruca tangeri (Eydoux, 1835)
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Afruca tangeri is a species of fiddler crab that lives along the Atlantic coasts of western Africa and southwestern Europe.[2]
Description
Afruca tangeri is one of the largest species of fiddler crab, with a carapace up to 50 millimetres (2.0 in) wide,[3] and up to 25 mm (1.0 in) long.[4] The males have one claw much larger than the other, which they use for communication.[5] Body colouration is fairly dull for a fiddler crab, but individuals are a variety of colours from dull shades of brown, to bright orange, red or purple.
Distribution
The
range of Afruca tangeri extends from southern Portugal southwards to Angola;.[4] It is the only fiddler crab species on the Eastern Atlantic coast and the most abundant crab in The Gambia.[5]
Taxonomy
Afruca tangeri was
type locality.[4] The common name preferred by the Food and Agriculture Organization is West African fiddler crab (French: gélasime africain; Portuguese: boca-cava-terra).[6]
See also
References
- ^ Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 139–175.
- ^ Rosenberg, Michael S. (2019). "A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39 (6).
- ISBN 978-0-521-30690-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-412-71060-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84162-137-1.
- ISBN 978-92-5-204162-7.