Leptuca cumulanta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Ocypodidae |
Subfamily: | Gelasiminae |
Tribe: | Minucini |
Genus: | Leptuca |
Species: | L. cumulanta
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Binomial name | |
Leptuca cumulanta (Crane, 1943)
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Synonyms | |
Uca cumulanta Crane, 1943 |
Leptuca cumulanta, commonly known as the heaping fiddler crab or the mangrove fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to tropical and subtropical areas of the western Atlantic.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
Carapace width is approximately 12–13 mm in adult males and 8–9 mm in adult females.[1][5] Displaying males exhibit bright blue green carapaces.[5]
The crab can be found in Central America (Panama), South America (Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil), and the Caribbean (Curaçao, Jamaica, and Trinidad).[2][5] In Brazil, the crab can be found along the coast between the states of Para and Rio de Janeiro.[2][6]
The species lives in brackish environments of low to moderate salinity, including mangrove stands and open mudflats.[2] It lives on sandy silt and sandy clay substrate, and prefers substrate with at least some clay incorporated within it.[1][2]