Decapoda - Brachyura - Ocypodidae - Tubuca

Tubuca urvillei (H. Milne Edwards, 1852)


World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas, Rosenberg (BD Internet ) - Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Eastern Africa, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, India, Pakistan, Malaysia. Also Comoros (Mayotte).
Shih et al. (2018, ZooKeys) have restricted the distribution of T. urvillei to 'southeastern Africa' only (including Mayotte).

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

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

Mayotte data
Tubuca urvillei (H. Milne Edwards, 1852)
Material examined — See Bouchard et al., 2013: 46 fig. 40 as Uca (Tubuca) urvillei - Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 13, 15 MM 12.8 x 22.0 to 18.8 x 33.7 mm (photo 1 M 19.0 x 33.3 mm, 18.2 x 33.2 on field label), 3 FF 12.2 x 20.7 to 14.8 x 25.0 mm (photos in situ) MNHN B32092, MNHN-IU-2009-1011.
Other records — Uca (Tubuca) urvillei - Bouchard, 2009: 6, 16, Mayotte, coll. J. -M. Bouchard, Malamani mangrove, 16/04/2008, malamani n°3, 12°55,415 S, 45°09,275 E, burrows near rivulet (trous de terriers à découvert près du ruisseau), 10 MM 12.5 x 22 to 16 x 28 mm, 2 FF 13 x 22.5 to 13 x 23.5 mm, MNHN B32089, MNHN-IU-2009-1008; Malamani n°P11 (ech.7) 12 MM 9.8 x 17.0 to 17.5 x 30.0 mm, 10 FF (1 ov.) 10.0 x 17.0 to 17.5 x 29.0 mm, MNHN B32088, MNHN-IU-2009-1007, det. Bouchard/Cléva; Malamani n°1-2, 1 M 15.2 x 27.2 mm, 1 F 14.0 x 23.5 mm, MNHN B32090, MNHN-IU-2009-1009; Malamani n° 1-2, 1 F 8.3 x 13.8 mm, MNHN B32091, MNHN-IU-2009-1010. - Tubuca urvillei - Shih et al., 2016: 174, Mayotte, leg. From Mayotte KUW 2009, Poroani, ZRC 1999.1107. - Shih et al., 2018: table 1, Mayotte, Poroani (ZRC 1999.1107).
Geographic and depth ranges — WIO, southern Somalia, Mayotte (this work), South Africa, Madagascar. Other records from Rea Sea, Pakistan, India, western Thailand attributed by Shih et al. (2018) to T. alcocki sp. nov.; supratidal, land.

Comment(s) on data
New genus Tubuca is from Shih et al. (2016, Raffles Bulletin). - New distribution of T. urvillei restricted to 'southeastern Africa' in Shih et al. (2018, ZooKeys), previous records of T. urivillei in Red Sea, Pakistan, India, Western Thailand being attributed to Tubuca alcocki Shih, Chan & Ng, 2018.

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