Type Description

Species: Uca saltitanta


Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - El Salvador to Columbia (Buenaventura)


Pictures

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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_saltitanta1.mpg 352 x 240
11.5 MB
1:37
MPEG-1
Uca saltitanta male waving and drumming
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_saltitanta2.mpg 352 x 240
4.22 MB
35 sec.
MPEG-1
Uca saltitanta male waving
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_saltitanta3.mpg 352 x 240
12.7 MB
1:47
MPEG-1
Uca saltitanta male waving
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_saltitanta4.mpg 352 x 240
3.76 MB
32 sec.
MPEG-1
Uca saltitanta male drumming (toward end of clip; somewhat lost in video capture)
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 1, 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); Backwell et al. (2006); Bott (1954, 1973); Burkenroad (1947); Crane (1941, 1943 x 2, 1944, 1957, 1966, 1975); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); von Hagen (1962); Peters (1955); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Yamaguchi (2001)


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