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Leptuca cumulanta

Heaping Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca cumulanta
Crane, J. (1943) Crabs of the genus Uca from Venezuela. Zoologica NY 28(1):33–44.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Leptuca
Common Names
English: Heaping Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Leptuca cumulanta, Uca cumulanta, Uca cumulenta
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 9.3 mm ± 3.19 (sd), 95% range: 3.0–15.5 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: Jamaica; Colombia through northern Brazil; southern Brazil
Red markers indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue markers represent false or mistaken observations from the scientific record; green markers represent “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist.
Range map data derived from: Thurman et al. (2013)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

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