Biology:Leptuca subcylindrica
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelasiminae |
| Tribe: | Minucini |
| Genus: | Leptuca |
| Species: | L. subcylindrica
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| Leptuca subcylindrica (Stimpson, 1859)
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Leptuca subcylindrica, commonly known as the Laguna Madre fiddler crab or the puffed fiddler crab, is a sparsely-studied species of fiddler crab native to southern Texas and northeastern Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico.[1][2]
Before 2016, the species was known as Uca subcylindrica. In 2016, the subgenus Leptuca was promoted to the genus level.[3][4]
Description
The carapace is tan to light orange in color and can be up to 25 mm wide.[2] The species epithet is derived from its cylindrical carapace. The male lacks a tuberculate ridge on the palm of the major cheliped.[1][2] Its gonopod is unlike other fiddlers crab in that the distal part of the inner process is divided and appears fringed.[1]
Habitat
The species lives in fresh to brackish water.[2] Some habitats include mud flats, algal beds, rivers and creeks.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Crane, Jocelyn (1975). Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. New Jersey, USA: Princeton University Press. https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/15051/15051-001.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bowling, Brenda. "Laguna Madre fiddler crab". https://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/invertdetails.cfm?scinameID=Leptuca%20subcylindrica.
- ↑ 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". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 139–175. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/64rbz139-175.pdf.
- ↑ 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. https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/39/6/729/5614985.
Wikidata ☰ Q107086616 entry
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