Painted Fiddler Crab

Leptuca coloradensis

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae

Leptuca is a genus of fiddler crabs belonging to the family Ocypodidae. The species of this genus are found on the coasts of the Americas. Description They are small- to large-sized crabs with an adult carapace width of 5–25 mm in adults.

Distribution

Painted Fiddler Crab — (c) James M. Maley, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by James M. Maley · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) James M. Maley, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by James M. Maley · CC-BY DescriptionLeptuca, Wikipedia contributors

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