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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. batuenta
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Binomial name | |
Leptuca batuenta (
Crane, 1941)
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Leptuca batuenta, commonly known as the beating fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the tropical eastern Pacific, from El Salvador to northern Peru. [1]
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]
This crab is very small; carapace width is approximately 7 millimetres (0.28 in) in adult males and 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in adult females. [1] Both sexes have a pale brown to yellow carapace with some white marbling. [1] Individuals may have green eyestalks. [1]
The species can be found on open mudflats and among unshaded mangrove roots. [1] It prefers mud substrate.
Leptuca batuenta | |
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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. batuenta
|
Binomial name | |
Leptuca batuenta (
Crane, 1941)
| |
Synonyms | |
List
|
Leptuca batuenta, commonly known as the beating fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the tropical eastern Pacific, from El Salvador to northern Peru. [1]
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]
This crab is very small; carapace width is approximately 7 millimetres (0.28 in) in adult males and 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in adult females. [1] Both sexes have a pale brown to yellow carapace with some white marbling. [1] Individuals may have green eyestalks. [1]
The species can be found on open mudflats and among unshaded mangrove roots. [1] It prefers mud substrate.