Australoplax

Australoplax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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^[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

1 2 3 "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

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[QueenslandMuseum-1] 1 2 3 "Furry-clawed crab". Queensland Museum. Government of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 2022-06-05.

[UniNewcastle-2] "Estuarine Shore Crabs of New South Wales" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-06-05.

[Barnes1966-3] 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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