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Leptuca latimanus

Lateral-handed Fiddler Crab

Leptuca latimanus

Type Description

Gelasimus latimanus: 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.

Information

Taxonomy: Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca
Common Names: English: Lateral-handed Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology): Gelasimus latimanus, Leptuca latimanus, Uca (Celuca) latimanus, Uca (Leptuca) latimanus, Uca (Minuca) latimana, Uca latimana, Uca latimanus
Size: Small Carapace Breadth: 11.4 mm ± 3.18 (sd), 95% range: 5.1–17.6 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range: Eastern Pacific Realm: Mexico to Ecuador; Download PNG line map of ranges. Download PNG line map of point locations.; 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); Campos & Campos (1989); Crane (1975); Hendrickx (1979); Hendrickx (1984)
External Links: Encyclopedia of Life; Wikipedia; iNaturalist; GBIF

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References

Altevogt (1957), Altevogt (1957), Barnwell (1968), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bott (1954), Brusca (1973), Brusca (1980), Campos & Campos (1989), Crane (1941), Crane (1943), Crane (1944), Crane (1947), Crane (1957), Crane (1958), Crane (1975), Crawford et al. (1989), de Gibert et al. (2013), Félix-Pico et al. (2003), García-Madrigal et al. (2022), Garth (1948), Gerlach (1958), Hartnoll (1988), Hendrickx (1979), Hendrickx (1984), Hendrickx (1993), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (2005), Kaufmann & Barnwell (1985), Lemaitre & Alvarez León (1992), Maccagno (1928), Naiditch et al. (2001), Neuffer et al. (2001), Ng et al. (2008), Nobili (1901), Nobili (1901), Oliveira (1939), Peters (1955), Powers (1975), Powers & Bliss (1983), Rao (1985), Rathbun (1893), Rathbun (1911), Rathbun (1918), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Sastry (1983), Shih et al. (2016), Skov & Hartnoll (2001), Sullivan & Tentori (1981), Vannini (1980), Villalobos Hiriart et al. (1989), von Hagen (1962), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1970), von Prahl (1982), Zucker (1978), Zucker & Denny (1979)