Leptuca uruguayensis

Information

Taxonomy

Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca

Common Names

English: Southwestern Atlantic Fiddler Crab, Uruguayan Fiddler Crab

Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)

Leptuca uruguayensis, Planuca uruguayensis, Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] uruguayensis, Uca (Celuca) uruguayensis, Uca (Leptuca) uruguayensis, Uca (Minuca) olympioi, Uca (Minuca) uruguayensis, Uca olympioi, Uca uruguaiensys, Uca uruguayensis, Uça uruguayensis

Size

Small Carapace Breadth: 11.4 mm ± 3.45 (sd), 95% range: 4.6–18.1 mm, (Data)

Geographic Range

Western Atlantic Realm: southern Brazil to northern Argentina

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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: Olivier et al. (1972); Ribeiro et al. (2003); Ribeiro et al. (2004); Thurman et al. (2013)

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References

Aveline (1980), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Boschi et al. (1992), Bott (1954), Bott (1973), Branco (1990), Castiglioni et al. (2010), Coelho (1963/1964), Coelho (1994/1995), Coelho et al. (2008), Coelho & Coelho-Filho (1993), Coelho & Ramos (1972), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), Dansereau (1947), Fimpel (1975), Hartnoll (1988), Hemmi & Tomsic (2015), Iribarne & Martinez (1999), Kaufmann & Barnwell (1985), Lacerda (1976), Lacerda & McNamara (1983), Luederwaldt (1919), Luederwaldt (1919), Luederwaldt (1929), Maccagno (1928), Martins et al. (1959), Masunari et al. (2020), McNamara & Moreira (1983), Nabout et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Nobili (1901), Oliveira (1939), Oliveira (1939), Oliveira & Krau (1953), Olivier et al. (1972), Peer et al. (2015), Pereyra et al. (2019), Rathbun (1918), Ribeiro et al. (2003), Ribeiro et al. (2004), Rodríguez & Dezi (1987), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Schinca (1992), Shih et al. (2016), Spivak (1997), Spivak (1997), Spivak et al. (1994), Thurman (1979), Truchet et al. (2022), Truchet et al. (2019), Valero et al. (1999), Vernberg & Vernberg (1966), Vernberg & Vernberg (1966), Vernberg & Vernberg (1967), Vernberg & Vernberg (1969), Vernberg & Vernberg (1970), Vernberg & Vernberg (1972), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1987), Warner (1969), Zolessi & Philippi (1995)