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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. subcylindrica
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Binomial name | |
Leptuca subcylindrica (
Stimpson, 1859)
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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]
Before 2016, the species was known as Uca subcylindrica. In 2016, the subgenus Leptuca was promoted to the genus level. [3] [4]
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]
The species lives in fresh to brackish water. [2] Some habitats include mud flats, algal beds, rivers and creeks.
Leptuca subcylindrica | |
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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. subcylindrica
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Binomial name | |
Leptuca subcylindrica (
Stimpson, 1859)
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Synonyms | |
List
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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]
Before 2016, the species was known as Uca subcylindrica. In 2016, the subgenus Leptuca was promoted to the genus level. [3] [4]
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]
The species lives in fresh to brackish water. [2] Some habitats include mud flats, algal beds, rivers and creeks.