Leptuca thayeri

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca

Common Names

English: Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab, Thayer's Fiddler Crab

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Boboruca thayeri, Lapetuca thayeri, Leptuca thayeri, Planuca thayeri, Uca (Boboruca) Thayeri, Uca (Boboruca) thayeri thayeri, Uca (Minuca) thayeri, Uca (Minuca) thayeri thayeri, Uca (Minuca) trayeri, Uca thayeri, Uca thayeri thayeri, Uca trayeri

Size

Large Carapace Breadth: 24.4 mm ± 4.72 (sd), 95% range: 15.2–33.7 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Western Atlantic Realm: Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) to Brazil; USA (Florida); throughout Caribbean 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: Barnwell & Thurman (1984); Barnwell (1986); Crane (1975); Powers (1977); Thurman (1987); Thurman et al. (2013)

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References

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