Australoplax
| Australoplax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Macrophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Barnes, 1966 |
| Species: | A. tridentata
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| Binomial name | |
| Australoplax tridentata Barnes, 1966
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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[1] or tuxedo shore crab,[2] found in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.[1]
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 millimetres (0.59 in).[3] It lives in mangroves and muddy creek banks.
References
- ^ a b c "Furry-clawed crab". Queensland Museum. Government of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "Estuarine Shore Crabs of New South Wales" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Video of Australoplax tridentata feeding on YouTube