Australoplax tridentata

Australoplax tridentata, commonly known as the furry-clawed crab[1] or tuxedo shore crab [2] is a species of crab in the family Macrophthalmidae[3][4] that is found in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.[1]

Furry-clawed crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Macrophthalmidae
Genus:
Australoplax
Species:
A. tridentata
Binomial name
Australoplax tridentata
(Barnes, 1966)
Synonyms

Cleistostoma tridentatum
(A. Milne Edwards, 1873)

Description

Claws are blue. Adult males have large claws, adult females small claws. Adult males have a patch of fur at the base of the fingers.[1] The carapace breadth is up to 15 mm.[5] It lives in mangroves and muddy creek banks.

References
  1. "Furry-clawed crab". Queensland Museum. Government of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  2. "Estuarine Shore Crabs of New South Wales" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. "Atlas of Living Australia". ala.org.au. National Research Infrastructure for Australia, CSIRO. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. "WoRMS taxon details, Australoplax Tridentata (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  5. Barnes, R. S. K. (December 14, 1966). "The Status of the Crab Genus Euplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852; and a new genus Australoplax of the subfamily Macrophtalminae, Dana, 1851 (Brachyura, Ocypodidae)". The Australian Zoologist. XIII, Part 4. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.650.5175.


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