Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus

Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus, is a common fiddler crab found in the mangroves of East Africa, from Somalia to South Africa, as well as Madagascar and Mauritius.[3] Marsh fiddlers dig burrows in the muddy or sandy banks of salt marshes, which they use to protect themselves from predators, high tide and extreme temperatures. They feed by filtering detritus out of mud, and defend their burrows against other fiddler crabs. Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus is characterised by its red pereiopods and blue and black markings on its carapace.

Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe: Gelasimni
Genus: Paraleptuca
Species:
P. chlorophthalmus
Binomial name
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus
Synonyms[2]
  • Gelasimus chlorophthalmus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
  • Uca amazonensis Doflein, 1899
  • Uca chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus was formerly a member of the genus Uca, but in 2016 it was placed in the genus Paraleptuca, a former subgenus of Uca.[4][5][2]

References
  1. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  2. "WoRMS taxon details, Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. D. Gillikin & A. Verheyden (2002). "Uca chlorophthalmus". A Field Guide to Kenyan Mangroves. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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