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Leptuca deichmanni

Deichmann's Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca deichmanni
Rathbun, M.J. (1935) Preliminary description of six new species of crabs from the Pacific coast of America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 48:49–52.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Leptuca
Common Names
English: Deichmann's Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Celuca deichmanni, Leptuca deichmanni, Planuca deichmanni, Uca (Celuca) deichmanni, Uca (Leptuca) deichmanni, Uca (Minuca) deichmanni, Uca deichmanni
Size
Very Small Carapace Breadth: 7.1 mm ± 1.19 (sd), 95% range: 4.7–9.4 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: Costa Rica to northern Colombia
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: Crane (1975); von Prahl (1982)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

Photos

Leptuca deichmanni thumbnail
Leptuca deichmanni thumbnail
Leptuca deichmanni thumbnail

Video

Male and female Leptuca deichmanni feeding
35 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni feeding
32 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni in front of stick, male Leptuca beebei behind stick, both waving
46 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni waving
25 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni feeding and waving
39 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni waving
55 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni fighting, with two flips/throws
14 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Gravid female Leptuca deichmanni digging and moving mudballs
34 sec., 352 × 240, MP4

Art

Uca deichmanni thumbnail
Uca deichmanni thumbnail

References

Altevogt (1959), Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bott (1954), Bott (1973), Crane (1941), Crane (1944), Crane (1947), Crane (1957), Crane (1966), Crane (1967), Crane (1975), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Invemar et al. (2006), Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003), Kaufmann & Barnwell (1985), Kerr et al. (2010), Lazarus-Agudelo & Cantera-Kintz (2007), Lemaitre & Alvarez León (1992), Levinton et al. (1996), Ng et al. (2008), Oliveira (1939), Rathbun (1935), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Schöne (1961), Shih et al. (2016), Sturmbauer et al. (1996), von Hagen (1975), von Prahl (1981), von Prahl (1982), Zucker & Denny (1979)