Type Description

Species: Uca batuenta

Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - El Salvador to northern Peru

Pictures

Uca batuenta Uca batuenta

Uca batuenta, Uca inaequalis, Uca saltitanta, & Uca oerstedi

The above photo includes fours species. On the far left, seen from behind, is U. batuenta. To it's right, seen mostly from the side is U. inaequalis. The large crab on the right is U. oerstedi. The smaller crab with the white claw, just to the left and behind him is U. saltitanta.

Photos by M. S. Rosenberg, fall of 1997, Rodman N.B., Panama City, Panama.

Video

U_batuenta1.mpg 352 x 240
2.04 MB
17 sec.
MPEG-1 		Uca batuenta male feeding
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 14, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_batuenta2.mpg 352 x 240
3.5 MB
29 sec.
MPEG-1 		Uca batuenta male feeding
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 14, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_batuenta3.mpg 352 x 240
1.21 MB
10 sec.
MPEG-1 		Uca batuenta male feeding
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 17, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_batuenta4.mpg 352 x 240
3.07 MB
26 sec.
MPEG-1 		Uca batuenta male waving (surrounded by miscellaneous other species)
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 17, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_batuenta5.mpg 352 x 240
1.47 MB
12 sec.
MPEG-1 		Uca batuenta male waving
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 31, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_batuenta_saltitanta1.mpg 352 x 240
2.77 MB
23 sec.
MPEG-1 		Interspecific aggresssion between Uca batuenta (on right) and Uca saltitanta (on left)
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 14, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg

References

Altevogt (1959, 1972); Bott (1954); Burkenroad (1947); Crane (1941, 1943, 1944, 1957, 1975); von Hagen (1968); Peters (1955); von Prahl (1982); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Yamaguchi (2001)

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