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Genus of crabs

Australoplax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Macrophthalmidae
Genus: Australoplax
Barnes, 1966
Species: A. tridentata
Binomial name
Australoplax tridentata
Barnes, 1966

Australoplax is a genus of crabs which are spread along the north-eastern coastline of Australia. The only species in this genus is Australoplax tridentata, commonly known as the furry-clawed crab or tuxedo shore crab, found in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

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. The carapace breadth is up to 15 millimetres (0.59 in). 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. 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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Taxon identifiers
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