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Leptuca tomentosa

Matted Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca tomentosa
Crane, J. (1941) Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXVI. Crabs of the genus Uca from the west coast of Central America. Zoologica NY 26(3):145–208.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca
Common Names
English: Matted Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Leptuca mertensi, Leptuca tomentosa, Uca (Celuca) tomentosa, Uca (Leptuca) tomentosa, Uca (Minuca) mertensi, Uca mertensi, Uca tomentosa
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 9.7 mm ± 3.85 (sd), 95% range: 2.1–17.2 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: El Salvador 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)
External Links
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References

Abele & Kim (1989), Altevogt (1969), Altevogt (1970), Altevogt (1972), Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985), Bott (1954), Bott (1973), Crane (1941), Crane (1947), Crane (1975), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Moscoso (2012), Moscoso (2013), Ng et al. (2008), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Shih et al. (2016), Thurman (1979), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1970)