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Leptuca dorotheae

Dorothy's Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca dorotheae
von Hagen, H.-O. (1968) Studien an peruanischen Winkerkrabben (Uca). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 95(2):395–468.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca
Common Names
English: Dorothy's Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Leptuca dorotheae, Minuca dorotheae, Uca (Celuca) dorotheae, Uca (Leptuca) dorotheae, Uca dorotheae
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 11.5 mm ± 1.09 (sd), 95% range: 9.3–13.6 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: Costa Rica to northern Peru
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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); Shih et al. (2016); von Prahl (1982)
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References

Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Crane (1975), Fransen et al. (1997), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Lemaitre & Alvarez León (1992), Moscoso (2012), Moscoso (2013), Ng et al. (2008), Pretzmann (1983), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1975), von Prahl (1982)