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Leptuca saltitanta

Energetic Fiddler Crab

Leptuca saltitanta

Type Description

Uca saltitanta
Crane, J. (1941) Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXVI. Crabs of the genus Uca from the west coast of Central America. Zoologica NY 26(3):145–208.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Leptuca
Common Names
English: Energetic Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Leptuca saltitanta, Uca saltitanta
Size
Very Small Carapace Breadth: 5.8 mm ± 0.91 (sd), 95% range: 4.0–7.6 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific Realm: El Salvador to Colombia
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 Leptuca saltitanta waving and drumming
1:37 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca saltitanta waving
35 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca saltitanta waving
1:47 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca saltitanta waving and drumming (toward end of clip)
32 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Interspecific agression between male Leptuca batuenta (on right) and male Leptuca saltitanta (on left)
23 sec., 352 × 240, MP4

Art

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References

Altevogt (1959), Altevogt (1962), Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Bott (1954), Bott (1973), Burkenroad (1947), Crane (1941), Crane (1943), Crane (1943), Crane (1944), Crane (1947), Crane (1957), Crane (1966), Crane (1975), Hendrickx (1995), Hendrickx (1995), Lemaitre & Alvarez León (1992), Nabout et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Peters (1955), Portell et al. (2012), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Schöne (1961), Shih et al. (2016), von Hagen (1962), von Hagen (1968)