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Paraleptuca boninensis

Bonin Islands Fiddler Crab

Paraleptuca boninensis

Type Description

Uca boninensis
Shih, H.-T., T. Komai, and M.-Y. Liu (2013) A new species of fiddler crab from the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan, separated from the widely-distributed sister species Uca (Paraleptuca) crassipes (White, 1847) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Zootaxa 3746(1):175–193.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus Paraleptuca
Common Names
English: Bonin Islands Fiddler Crab
Japanese: オガサワラベニシオマネキ [Ogasawara-beni-shiomaneki]
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Paraleptuca boninensis, Uca (Paraleptuca) boninensis, Uca boninensis
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.5 mm ± 2.86 (sd), 95% range: 11.9–23.1 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Ogasawara Islands (Japan)
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: Shih et al. (2013)
External Links
Wikipedia
iNaturalist

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References

Balss (1922), Crane (1975), Parisi (1918), Rosenberg (2020), Sakai (1939), Sakai (1940), Sakai (1976), Shih et al. (2013), Takeda & Miyake (1976), Yoshigou (2002), Yoshiwara (1901)