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Leptuca inaequalis

Uneven Fiddler Crab

Leptuca inaequalis

Type Description

Uca inaequalis
Rathbun, M.J. (1935) Preliminary description of six new species of crabs from the Pacific coast of America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 48:49–52.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Leptuca
Common Names
English: Uneven Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Leptuca inaequalis, Uca in equalis, Uca inaegualis, Uca inaequalis
Size
Very Small Carapace Breadth: 7.2 mm ± 1.27 (sd), 95% range: 4.7–9.7 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: El Salvador to northern Peru
Red markers indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue markers represent false or mistaken observations from the scientific record; green markers represent “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist.
Range map data derived from: Crane (1975)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
GBIF

Photos

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Video

Male and female Leptuca inaequalis feeding
50 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca inaequalis waving
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Male Leptuca inaequalis waving
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Male Leptuca inaequalis waving
37 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Surface mating in Leptuca inaequalis
3:51 min., 352 × 240, MP4

Art

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References

Altevogt (1959), Altevogt (1962), Altevogt (1969), Altevogt (1970), Altevogt (1972), Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bott (1954), Bott (1973), Burkenroad (1947), Crane (1941), Crane (1944), Crane (1947), Crane (1957), Crane (1967), Crane (1975), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Kaufmann & Barnwell (1985), Lemaitre & Alvarez León (1992), Moscoso (2012), Moscoso (2013), Ng et al. (2008), Oliveira (1939), Peters (1955), Rathbun (1935), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Salmon & Atsaides (1968), Shih et al. (2016), Strauch & Abele (1979), von Hagen (1962), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1975), von Prahl (1982)