Leptuca saltitanta

Leptuca saltitanta, commonly known as the energetic fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the eastern Pacific coasts, from El Salvador in Central America to Colombia in South America.[1]

Leptuca saltitanta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe: Minucini
Genus: Leptuca
Species:
L. saltitanta
Binomial name
Leptuca saltitanta
(Crane, 1941)
Synonyms
List
  • Uca saltitanta Crane, 1941
  • Uca saltitanta saltitanta Bott, 1954

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.[2][3]

Description

This is a small crab with an adult carapace width of approximately 6โ€“9 mm.[1] Females are dark, whereas non-displaying males can be gray, yellow, or brown.[1] Displaying males are usually entirely white, but some coloring may be present.[1]

Habitat

The species prefers to live in unshaded, open mudflats near river mouths.[1] Mangrove stands are usually nearby.[1]

References

  1. Crane, Jocelyn (1975). Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca (PDF). New Jersey, USA: Princeton University Press.
  2. 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" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 139โ€“175.
  3. 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): 729โ€“738. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruz057.
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