Leptuca inaequalis
Uneven Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Uca inaequalis 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.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Leptuca inaequalis Uca (Celuca) inaequalis Uca (Leptuca) inaequalis Uca (Minuca) inaequalis Uca in equalis Uca inaegualis Uca inaequalis Size
Very Small Carapace Breadth: 7.2 mm ± 1.27 (sd), 95% range: 4.7–9.7 mm, (Data )
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: El Salvador to northern Peru
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
Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia iNaturalist GBIF
Male and female Leptuca inaequalis feeding 50 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca inaequalis waving 25 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca inaequalis waving 19 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca inaequalis waving 37 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Surface mating in Leptuca inaequalis 3:51 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Altevogt (1959) ,
Altevogt (1962) ,
Altevogt (1969) ,
Altevogt (1970) ,
Altevogt (1972) ,
Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985) ,
Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) ,
Bott (1954) ,
Bott (1973) ,
Burkenroad (1947) ,
Crane (1941) ,
Crane (1944) ,
Crane (1947) ,
Crane (1957) ,
Crane (1967) ,
Crane (1975) ,
Hendrickx (1995) ,
Hendrickx (1995) ,
Kaufmann & Barnwell (1985) ,
Lemaitre & Alvarez León (1992) ,
Moscoso (2012) ,
Moscoso (2013) ,
Ng et al. (2008) ,
Oliveira (1939) ,
Peters (1955) ,
Rathbun (1935) ,
Rosenberg (2000) ,
Rosenberg (2001) ,
Rosenberg (2002) ,
Rosenberg (2019) ,
Rosenberg (2020) ,
Salmon & Atsaides (1968) ,
Shih et al. (2016) ,
Strauch & Abele (1979) ,
von Hagen (1962) ,
von Hagen (1968) ,
von Hagen (1970) ,
von Hagen (1970) ,
von Hagen (1975) ,
von Prahl (1982)
