Leptuca

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Leptuca
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
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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