Figure 003. Afruca tangeri

Creator

Abby Hutchins, University of Northern IowaFollow
Amber Finke, University of Northern IowaFollow
Carl L. Thurman, University of Northern IowaFollow

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Identifier

Figure 3

Medium

photograph

Date Created

5-2025

Keywords

Fiddler crabs;

Description

Alt Text: Composite photograph of the Afruca tangeri fiddler crab which includes several black & white images of different views of the crab, a color photograph, and a distribution map.

Composite Image Description: Figure 3. Afruca tangeri (Eydoux, 1835). UNI 140. Collected: Aug 1974, Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Morocca, El Ribia, Oued ouner. Range: southern Portugal to Angola (33.315792, -8.337627). Scale bar = 10mm. (A) Dorsal view. (B) Front view. (C) Inner cheliped. (D) Ocular view. (E) Ambulatory. (F) Color Photo. (G) Distribution Map (Finke 2024).

Species Description: Large species (width < 48 mm). Carapace length 74.8% width; frontal 17.5% carapace width (Fig. 3D). Carapace almost square with large tubercles (Fig. 3A). Eyestalks thick and moderate in length (Fig. 3D). Anterolateral junction with small point, curved inward (Fig. 3A). Dactyl and pollex much longer than manus (Fig. 3C). Pollex wider than dactyl with two central tubercles (Fig. 3C). Walking legs with dense setae (Fig. 3E). Merus width about 44% width. Only species along eastern Atlantic shore from Portugal to Angola (Fig. 3G).

Comments

This composite image is of the Afruca tangeri fiddler crab. It is a part of the parent Fiddler Crabs Image Gallery collection at the University of Northern Iowa, which has images of Fiddler Crabs located in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico from the following genera: Afruca, Leptuca, Minuca, and Uca.

No latitude/longitude recorded for specimen.

Object Description

1 PNG file

UNI Specimen Number

UNI 140

Year Collected

1974

Collection Location

Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Morocca, El Ribia, Oued ouner.

Gender

male

Copyright

©2025 Abby Hutchins, Amber Finke, and Carl L. Thurman

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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Image

Language

en

File Format

image/png

Recommended Citation

Hutchins, Abby; Finke, Amber; and Thurman, Carl L., "Figure 003. Afruca tangeri" (2025). Fiddler Crabs Image Gallery. 1.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/fiddlercrabs/1