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Uca rapax   (Smith, 1870)

Mudflat fiddler

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Belize country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Twin Cays.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: McKeon, C.S. and I.C. Feller, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Ocypodidae (fiddler and ghost crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 1 m (Ref. 97531).   Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Atlantic: Belize and Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 0.7  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Supratidal to intertidal (Ref. 97531). Occurs in mudflats (Ref. 104853). Scavenger, detritivore, feeding on macroalgae, mangrove leaves and small invertebrates (Ref. 111636). Deposit feeder (Ref. 66921).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

McKeon, C.S. and I.C. Feller. 2004. (Ref. 86356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Ekosystem
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.2 - 28.1, mean 27.1 (based on 673 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.