Biology:Leptuca crenulata

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Short description: Species of crab

Mexican fiddler crab
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Tribe: Minucini
Genus: Leptuca
Species:
L. crenulata
Binomial name
Leptuca crenulata
(Lockington, 1877)

Leptuca crenulata, commonly known as the Mexican fiddler crab, is a species of American broad-front fiddler crab in the family Ocypodidae.[1][2][3][4]

Leptuca crenulata was formerly placed in the genus Uca, but in 2016 it was transferred to the genus Leptuca, a former subgenus of Uca.[3][4][5]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q4479758 entry