Gelasiminae is a subfamily that pertains to nine out of the eleven
fiddler crab
The fiddler crab or calling crab may be any of more than one hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae, well known for their sexual dimorphism, sexually dimorphic claws; the males' major claw is much larger than th ...
genera within the family
Ocypodidae
The Ocypodidae are a family of semiterrestrial crabs that includes the ghost crabs and fiddler crabs. They are found on tropical and temperate shorelines around the world.
Some genera previously included in the family are now treated as members o ...
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Taxonomy
The subfamily includes 94 species within nine genera.[ The genera are split into two tribes that are geographically distant. Tribe Gelasimini consists of species native to the Indo-West Pacific whereas Tribe Minucini consists of species native to the Americas.
Tribe Gelasimini (Indo-West Pacific fiddlers):
* '']Austruca
''Austruca'' is a genus of indo-west Pacific fiddler crabs in the family Ocypodidae. There are about 13 described species in this genus.
''Austruca'' was formerly a subgenus of ''Uca'', but in 2016 it was elevated in rank to genus.
Species
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* '' Cranuca''
* '' Gelasimus''
* '' Paraleptuca''
* ''Tubuca
''Tubuca'' is a genus in Ocypodidae, a family of fiddler and ghost crabs. There are more than 20 described species in ''Tubuca''.
Species
These 23 species belong to the genus ''Tubuca'':
* '' Tubuca acuta'' (Stimpson, 1858)
* '' Tubuca alcocki' ...
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* '' Xeruca''
Tribe Minucini (American broad-front fiddlers):
* ''Leptuca
''Leptuca'' is a genus of fiddler crabs belonging to the family Ocypodidae.
The species of this genus are found on the coasts of the Americas.
Description
They are small- to large-sized crabs with an adult carapace width of 5–25 mm in adul ...
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* '' Minuca''
* '' Petruca''
References
Crabs
Arthropod subfamilies
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