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]
| Leptuca leptodactyla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelasiminae |
| Tribe: | Minucini |
| Genus: | Leptuca |
| Species: | L. leptodactyla
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptuca leptodactyla (Rathbun, 1898)
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| Synonyms | |
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Uca leptodactyla (basionym) | |
Taxonomy
editPreviously 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
editDistribution
editThe 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
editThe species lives in brackish and saline environments, including mangrove stands and intertidal sand flats.[6][7][8] It prefers sandy substrate.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt (1996). "Manual de identificação dos Brachyura (caranguejos e siris) do litoral Brasileiro". Plêiade/FAPESP, São Paulo.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.