Leptuca coloradensis
Painted Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Gelasimus coloradensis Rathbun, M.J. (1893) Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 16(933):223–260.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Gelasimus coloradensis Leptuca coloradensis Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] crenulata coloradensis Uca (Leptuca) coloradensis Uca (Leptuca) crenulata coloradensis Uca (Minuca) coloradensis Uca coloradensis Uca crenulata coloradensis Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 15.8 mm ± 2.42 (sd), 95% range: 11.0–20.5 mm, (Data )
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: Gulf of California, Mexico
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: Brusca (1980) ; Crane (1975) ; Garth & Abbott (1980) ; Green (1980) ; Villalobos Hiriart et al. (1989)
External Links
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