Leptuca spinicarpa
Leptuca spinicarpa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Ocypodidae |
Subfamily: | Gelasiminae |
Tribe: | |
Genus: | Leptuca |
Species: | L. spinicarpa
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Binomial name | |
Leptuca spinicarpa (Rathbun, 1900)
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Synonyms | |
Uca spinicarpa (basionym) |
Leptuca spinicarpa, commonly known as the spiny-wristed fiddler crab or the spined fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to coastal habitats along the Gulf of Mexico from northwestern Florida to Mexico.[1][2]
Taxonomy[]
Previously a member of the genus Uca, the species was transferred in 2016 to the genus Leptuca when Leptuca was promoted from subgenus to genus level.[3][4]
At one time, L. spinicarpa was reduced to a subspecies of L. speciosa,[5] but this is no longer accepted due to morphological, genetic, and behavioral differences.[6]
Description[]
The carapace can be up to 23mm wide and is often green in color in the frontal area.[7] Strongly raised tuberculate ridges are present on the palm of the male's major cheliped; a large tubercle is present on the carpus.[6][7]
Habitat[]
The species lives in fresh to brackish water on intertidal banks and marshes with firm clay, clay-sand, or clay-mud substratum.[7]
References[]
- ^ Rosenberg, Michael S. (2014). "Contextual cross-referencing of species names for fiddler crabs (genus Uca): An experiment in cyber-taxonomy". PLoS ONE. 9 (7).
- ^ Hopkins, Melanie J.; Thurman, Carl L. (2010). "The geographic structure of morphological variation in eight species of fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae: genus Uca) from the eastern United States and Mexico". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100 (1).
- ^ Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K. L.; Davie, Peter J. F.; Schubart, Christoph D.; et al. (2016). "Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64.
- ^ Rosenberg, Michael S. (2019). "A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39 (6).
- ^ Crane, Jocelyn (1975). Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, USA.
- ^ a b Arruda Bezerra, Luis; Alves Coelho, Petronio (2010). "Redescription of the fiddler crab Uca spinicarpa Rathbun, 1900 (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)" (PDF). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 38 (2).
- ^ a b c Heard, Richard W. (1982). Guide to common tidal marsh invertebrates of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. MASGP-79-004. NOAA, Office of Sea Grant.
- Ocypodoidea
- Crustaceans described in 1900