Deichmann's fiddler crab | |
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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. deichmanni
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Binomial name | |
Leptuca deichmanni (Rathbun, 1935)
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Synonyms | |
Uca deichmanni (basionym) |
Leptuca deichmanni, commonly known as Deichmann's fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the eastern Pacific coast of Central America, in Costa Rica and Panama.[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]
Crabs are normally 9–9.5 mm in carapace width.[1] The carapace is strongly arched and is greenish brown to pale gray in color.[1] The minor cheliped has a wide gape.[1] Females have thin ambulatory legs.[1]
The species prefers open, bay shores with either muddy sand substrate containing some small stones or pure sand substrate containing some large stones.[1]