Leptuca tenuipedis / Slender-legged Fiddler Crab

Information

Taxonomy: Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca
Common Names: English: Slender-legged Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology): Leptuca tenuidpedis, Leptuca tenuipedis, Uca tenuipedis
Size: Very Small Carapace Breadth: 5.4 mm ± 0.99 (sd), 95% range: 3.5–7.4 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range: Eastern Pacific Realm: El Salvador to northern Peru; 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: Crane (1975)
External Links: Encyclopedia of Life; Wikipedia; iNaturalist; GBIF

Male Leptuca tenuipedis feeding: 22 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis feeding: 27 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis waving (with Leptuca inaequalis): 31 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis waving (with Leptuca inaequalis): 44 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis waving (with Leptuca batuenta): 54 sec., 352 × 240, MP4