Austruca
| Austruca | |
|---|---|
| Austruca mjoebergi, banana fiddler crab, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelasiminae |
| Tribe: | Gelasimni |
| Genus: | Austruca Bott, 1973 |
Austruca (Meaning "Australian Uca) is a genus of indo-west Pacific fiddler crabs in the family Ocypodidae. There are about 13 described species in this genus.
Austruca was formerly a subgenus of Uca, but in 2016 it was elevated in rank to genus.
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