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Leptuca helleri

Heller's Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca helleri
Rathbun, M.J. (1902) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition 1898-1899. VIII. Brachyura and Macrura. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 4:275–292.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca
Common Names
English: Heller's Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Leptuca helleri, Uca (Celuca) helleri, Uca (Leptuca) helleri, Uca helleri
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 9.9 mm ± 1.79 (sd), 95% range: 6.4–13.4 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: Galápagos Islands
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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)
External Links
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References

Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Boone (1927), Bott (1958), Crane (1941), Crane (1975), Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Sielmann (1964), Garth (1946), Hendrickx (1995), Kameya et al. (1998), Moscoso (2012), Moscoso (2013), Ng et al. (2008), Peck (1994), Rathbun (1902), Rathbun (1911), Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1926), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), Sivertsen (1934), von Hagen (1968)