Leptuca_subcylindrica

<i>Leptuca subcylindrica</i>

Leptuca subcylindrica

Species of crab

Leptuca subcylindrica, commonly known as the Laguna Madre fiddler crab or the puffed fiddler crab, is a sparsely-studied species of fiddler crab native to southern Texas and northeastern Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico.[1][2]

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Before 2016, the species was known as Uca subcylindrica. In 2016, the subgenus Leptuca was promoted to the genus level.[3][4]

Description

The carapace is tan to light orange in color and can be up to 25 mm wide.[2] The species epithet is derived from its cylindrical carapace. The male lacks a tuberculate ridge on the palm of the major cheliped.[1][2] Its gonopod is unlike other fiddlers crab in that the distal part of the inner process is divided and appears fringed.[1]

Habitat

The species lives in fresh to brackish water.[2] Some habitats include mud flats, algal beds, rivers and creeks.

References

  1. [1]
    Crane, Jocelyn (1975). Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca (PDF). New Jersey, USA: Princeton University Press.
  2. [2]
    Bowling, Brenda. "Laguna Madre fiddler crab". Identification Guide to Marine Organisms of Texas. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. [3]
    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" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 139–175.
  4. [4]
    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): 729–738. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruz057.
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