Musical fiddler crab | |
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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. musica
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Binomial name | |
Leptuca musica (
Rathbun, 1914)
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Synonyms | |
Uca musica (basionym) |
Leptuca musica, commonly known as the musical fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to Baja California and the Gulf of California in Mexico. [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] At one time, the species was considered a subspecies of the same species with L. terpsichores. [1]
The adult carapace is usually around 10.5–11 mm wide and is cylindrical. [1] The minor cheliped is small in both sexes and has a wide gape. [1]
L. musica is somewhat larger than L. terpsichores. [1] The tubercles on the outer manus are larger and they are more numerous along the anterior carapace. [1] The gape in the major cheliped is more serrate and the gape in the minor cheliped is slightly wider. [1]
Musical fiddler crab | |
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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. musica
|
Binomial name | |
Leptuca musica (
Rathbun, 1914)
| |
Synonyms | |
Uca musica (basionym) |
Leptuca musica, commonly known as the musical fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to Baja California and the Gulf of California in Mexico. [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] At one time, the species was considered a subspecies of the same species with L. terpsichores. [1]
The adult carapace is usually around 10.5–11 mm wide and is cylindrical. [1] The minor cheliped is small in both sexes and has a wide gape. [1]
L. musica is somewhat larger than L. terpsichores. [1] The tubercles on the outer manus are larger and they are more numerous along the anterior carapace. [1] The gape in the major cheliped is more serrate and the gape in the minor cheliped is slightly wider. [1]