Biology:Leptuca musica

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Short description: Species of crab

Musical fiddler crab
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. musica
Binomial name
Leptuca musica
(Rathbun, 1914)
Synonyms

Uca musica (basionym)

Leptuca musica, commonly known as the musical fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to Baja California and the Gulf of California in Mexico.[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] At one time, the species was considered a subspecies of the same species with L. terpsichores.[1]

Description

The adult carapace is usually around 10.5–11 mm wide and is cylindrical.[1] The minor cheliped is small in both sexes and has a wide gape.[1]

Similar species

L. musica is somewhat larger than L. terpsichores.[1] The tubercles on the outer manus are larger and they are more numerous along the anterior carapace.[1] The gape in the major cheliped is more serrate and the gape in the minor cheliped is slightly wider.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q107086604 entry