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Leptuca musica

Musical Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca musica: Rathbun, M.J. (1915) New genera and species of American Brachyrhynchous crabs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2047):117–129.

Information

Taxonomy: Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca
Common Names: English: Musical Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology): Leptuca musica, Uca musica, Uca musica musica
Size: Small Carapace Breadth: 9.4 mm ± 1.49 (sd), 95% range: 6.4–12.3 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range: Eastern Pacific Realm: Pacific coast of Mexico; Download PNG line map of ranges. Download PNG line map of point locations.; 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: Brusca (1980); Campos & Campos (1989); Cortes-Carrasco & del Socorro Garcia-Madrigal (2013); Crane (1975); Harris et al. (1998); Hendrickx (1984); Naiditch et al. (2001); Neuffer et al. (2001)
External Links: Encyclopedia of Life; Wikipedia; iNaturalist; GBIF

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References

Altevogt (1970), Balss (1921), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Brusca (1980), Burkenroad (1947), Campos & Campos (1989), Cortes-Carrasco & del Socorro Garcia-Madrigal (2013), Crane (1941), Crane (1966), Crane (1975), Detto et al. (2004), Dumortier (1963), Félix-Pico et al. (2003), García-Madrigal et al. (2022), Garth (1960), Garth & Abbott (1980), Greenspan (1975), Guinot-Dumortier & Dumortier (1960), Harris et al. (1998), Headstrom (1979), Hedgecock et al. (1982), Hendrickx (1979), Hendrickx (1984), Hendrickx (1993), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (2005), Johnson & Snook (1927), Kaufmann & Barnwell (1985), Lockington (1877), Nabout et al. (2010), Naiditch et al. (2001), Neiman & Barnwell (1997), Nelson & Hedgecock (1980), Neuffer et al. (2001), Ng et al. (2008), Oliveira (1939), Pope & Chang (2010), Rathbun (1899), Rathbun (1915), Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1924), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Salmon & Stout (1962), Schmitt (1921), Shih et al. (2016), Streets (1877), Villalobos Hiriart et al. (1989), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1975), Wicksten (2008), Wicksten (2012), Zucker & Denny (1979)