Leptuca_leptodactyla

<i>Leptuca leptodactyla</i>

Leptuca leptodactyla

Species of crab

Leptuca leptodactyla, commonly known as the thin-fingered fiddler crab or the western Atlantic fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the western Atlantic coast of the Americas.[1]

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Taxonomy

Previously a member of the genus Uca, the species was transferred in 2016 to the genus Leptuca when Leptuca was promoted from subgenus to genus level.[2][3]

Description

The carapace can be up to 13mm wide.[4]

Distribution

The range of the crab includes southern Florida, Mexico, the West Indies, Venezuela, and Brazil.[1][5][6] Within Brazil, the crab is present along the coast between the states of Maranhão and Santa Catarina.[5]

Habitat

The species lives in brackish and saline environments, including mangrove stands and intertidal sand flats.[6][7][8] It prefers sandy substrate.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Masunari, Setuko (2012). "Hood construction as an indication of the breeding period of the fiddler crab Uca (Leptuca) leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898 (Decapoda, Ocypodidae) from Guaratuba Bay, southern Brazil". Crustaceana. 85 (10): 1153–1169. doi:10.1163/156854012X651277. JSTOR 41720763.
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    Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K. L.; Davie, Peter J. F.; Schubart, Christoph D.; et al. (2016). "Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64.
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    Rosenberg, Michael S. (2019). "A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39 (6).
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    Masunari, Setuko; Swiech-Ayoub, Bianca de Paula (2003). "Crescimento relativo em Uca leptodactyla Rathbun (Crustacea Decapoda Ocypodidae)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 20 (3): 487–491. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752003000300020.
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    Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt (1996). "Manual de identificação dos Brachyura (caranguejos e siris) do litoral Brasileiro". Plêiade/FAPESP, São Paulo.
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    Thurman, Carl L.; Faria, Samuel C.; McNamara, John C. (2013). "The distribution of fiddler crabs (Uca) along the coast of Brazil: implications for biogeography of the western Atlantic Ocean". Marine Biodiversity Records. 6. doi:10.1017/S1755267212000942.
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    Bezerra, Luis Ernesto Arruda; Matthews-Cascon, Helena (2006). "Population structure of the fiddler crab Uca leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898 (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) in a tropical mangrove of northeast Brazil" (PDF). Thalassas. 22 (1).
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    Masunari, Setuko (2006). "Distribuição e abundância dos caranguejos Uca Leach (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae) na Baía de Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 23 (4): 901–914. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752006000400001.
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