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Leptuca

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Leptuca
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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
Bott, 1973

Leptuca is a genus of fiddler crabs belonging to the family Ocypodidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found on the coasts of the Americas.[1]

Description

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They are small- to large-sized crabs with an adult carapace width of 5–25 mm in adults.[2] The front of their carapace is broad and they have short anterolateral margins with 0–2 posterolateral striae on the top of the carapace.

Species

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There are currently 30 species in the genus:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Leptuca Bott, 1973". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  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).