Leptuca beebei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe: Minucini
Genus: Leptuca
Species:
L. beebei
Binomial name
Leptuca beebei
(Crane, 1941)
Synonyms

Uca beebei (basionym)

Leptuca beebei, commonly known as Beebe's fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the Pacific coasts of Central and South America, from El Salvador to northern Peru.[1]

Taxonomy

Previously a member of the genus Uca, the species was transferred in 2016 to the genus Leptuca when Leptuca was promoted from subgenus to genus level.[2][3]

Description

This is a small crab with an adult carapace width of approximately 10 millimetres (0.39 in).[1]

Habitat

The species can be found on open muddy sand flats in tropical regions.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Crane, Jocelyn (1975). Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca (PDF). New Jersey, USA: Princeton University Press. pp. 278–281.
  2. ↑ Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K. L.; Davie, Peter J. F.; Schubart, Christoph D.; et al. (2016). "Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 139–175.
  3. ↑ Rosenberg, Michael S. (2019). "A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39 (6): 729–738. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruz057.
  4. ↑ Christy, John H. (1987). "Female choice and the breeding behavior of the fiddler crab Uca beebei" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 7 (4): 624–635. doi:10.2307/1548648. JSTOR 1548648.
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