Decapoda - Brachyura - Ocypodidae - Cranuca

Cranuca inversa (Hoffman 1874)

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World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas, Rosenberg (Internet), Guinot (1967) - Red Sea, Yemen, Eastern Africa, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Europa, Madagascar, Comoros (Mayotte).

Environnement : Marine & Land - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-1 m

Mayotte data
Cranuca inversa (Hoffman 1874)
Material examined — See Bouchard et al., 2013: 42, fig. 36 as Uca (Cranuca) inversa - Mayotte KUW 2009, st. J. -M. Bouchard, Malamani mangrove (n° 1-2), 1 M 11.6 x 20.2 mm, 1 F 6.8 x 10.7 mm, 1 juv., MNHN B32100, MNHN-IU-2009-1019, (upper mangrove) 5 MM 6.5 x 11.6 to 10.8 x 18.2 mm, 1 juv., MNHN B32101, MNHN-IU-2009-1020; st. J. -M. Bouchard, Malamani, n° P13, P15, ech. 13, 9 MM 6.5 x 11.0 to 13.2 x 22.9 mm (photo largest), 6 FF 5.2 x 8.5 to 10.7 x 17.0 mm, MNHN B32104, MNHN-IU-2009-1023; st. 6, Déversoir Badamiers, Petite Terre, 3 MM 7.8 x 14.0, 7.8 x 13.4 mm (photo) and 7.4 x 12.2 mm, MNHN B32102, MNHN-IU-2009-1021; st. 13, Malamani mangrove, 2 MM 6.3 x 10.3 mm, 8.3 x 14.7 mm, MNHN B32103, MNHN-IU-2009-1022.
Other records — Uca (Cranuca) inversa - Bouchard, 2009: 6, 18, Mayotte, Malamani mangrove, specimens added to KUW 2009 collection.
Geographic and depth ranges — WIO, Red Sea, Yemen, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Madagascar; supratidal.

Europa data
Uca inversa - Crosnier, 1965 : 117, Europa. - Guinot, 1967 : 281, liste, avec Europa.

Comment(s) on data
Cranuca - New genus in Shih et al. (2016, Raffles Bulletin).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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