Leptuca crenulata (Lockington, 1877) is a animal in the Ocypodidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Leptuca crenulata (Lockington, 1877)

Leptuca crenulata (Lockington, 1877)

Leptuca crenulata, the Mexican fiddler crab, is an American broad-front fiddler crab in Ocypodidae moved from Uca to Leptuca in 2016.

Family
Genus
Leptuca
Order
Decapoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Leptuca crenulata (Lockington, 1877)

Leptuca crenulata, commonly called the Mexican fiddler crab, is a species of American broad-front fiddler crab that belongs to the family Ocypodidae. This species was originally classified within the genus Uca. In 2016, it was transferred to the genus Leptuca, which was previously a subgenus of Uca.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Ocypodidae Leptuca

More from Ocypodidae

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