Leptuca subcylindrica

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Leptuca subcylindrica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe:
Genus: Leptuca
Species:
L. subcylindrica
Binomial name
Leptuca subcylindrica
(Stimpson, 1859)
Synonyms
List
  • Gelasimus subcylindricus Stimpson, 1859
  • Uca subcylindrica Rathbun, 1900

Leptuca subcylindrica, commonly known as the Laguna Madre fiddler crab or the puffed fiddler crab, is a sparsely-studied species of fiddler crab native to southern Texas and northeastern Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico.[1][2]

Before 2016, the species was known as Uca subcylindrica. In 2016, the subgenus Leptuca was promoted to the genus level.[3][4]

Description[]

The carapace is tan to light orange in color and can be up to 25mm wide.[2] The species epithet is derived from its cylindrical carapace. The male lacks a tuberculate ridge on the palm of the major cheliped.[1][2] Its gonopod is unlike other fiddlers crab in that the distal part of the inner process is divided and appears fringed.[1]

Habitat[]

The species lives in fresh to brackish water.[2] Some habitats include mud flats, algal beds, rivers and creeks.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Crane, Jocelyn (1975). Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, USA.
  2. ^ a b c d Bowling, Brenda. "Laguna Madre fiddler crab". Identification Guide to Marine Organisms of Texas. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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).
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