Gulf sand fiddler

Leptuca panacea

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae

Leptuca panacea, commonly known as the Gulf sand fiddler crab or the Panacea sand fiddler, is a species of fiddler crab native to coastal habitats along the Gulf of Mexico from northwestern Florida to Mexico. Taxonomy This species is the sister species of the Atlantic sand fiddler crab, L. pugilator.

Distribution

Gulf sand fiddler — (c) Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋） · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 58Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋） · CC-BY DescriptionLeptuca panacea, Wikipedia contributors

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