Uca forcipata
General description:
splash of red on cheliped especially on the outer surface of the propodus with white tips. Some marbling on carapace. Outer surface of tuberculate with distal end of dactylus and propodus forming a pincer. Dactylus of major chela with a distinct grove following the ventral margin.
Vernacular name: Long-fingered fiddler crab.
Phylogeny:
Order Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Infraorder Brachyura Latreille, 1802
Section Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
Subsection Heterotremata Guinot, 1977
Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815
Subfamily Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815
Uca forcipata (Adams & White, 1849)
Distribution:
Thailand, Malaya, Singapore Indonesia and Philippines.
Habitat:
Mangroves, burrows in mud.