Xeruca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ocypodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Thoracotremata Superfamilia: Ocypodoidea

Familia: Ocypodidae
Subfamilia: Gelasiminae
Genus: Xeruca
Species: X. formosensis

Name

Xeruca Shih, 2015

• Type species: Uca (Tubuca) formosensis Rathbun, 1921 accepted as Xeruca formosensis (Rathbun, 1921) (type by original designation).

References

Primary references

• Shih, H-T. 2015: Uca (Xeruca), a new subgenus for the Taiwanese fiddler crab Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence. Zootaxa 3974(2): 159–161. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.1. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description]