Fiddler Crabs Image Gallery
COMING SOON... Dr. Carl Thurman, professor of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa, has conducted research on fiddler crabs since 1967. This collection contains high resolution black and white photographs of fiddler crab species from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico areas in the tropics. The Fiddler Crab Species Image Gallery is composed of composite images for 21 out of approximately 110 known species of fiddler crabs. This image gallery can be used as an identification tool for tropical research. Related collections by Carl L. Thurman in UNI ScholarWorks:
- Frank Lloyd Wright Structures Image Gallery
- Louis H. Sullivan Structures Image Gallery
- Mexican Pre-Hispanic Sites Image Gallery
- Prairie School Structures Image Gallery
Sub-Collections. Images by genus (arranged alphabetically in columns):
Afruca Genus | Minuca Genus | Uca Genus |
Leptuca Genus | Petruca Genus |
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Afruca tangeri
2024
Afruca tangeri. (Eydoux, 1835). UNI 140. Collected: Aug 1974,Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Morocca, El Ribia, Oued ouner. Range: southern Portugal to Angola. Scale bar= 10mm.
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Leptuca cumulanta
2024
Leptuca cumulanta. UNI 732. Collected: 30 July 2018, North Atlantic Ocean, Buyana, East Demerara, Pigeon Island (LBI), mud on canal and mangroves (6.81521, -58.06480). Space bar= 10mm.
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Leptuca leptodactyla
2024
Leptuca leptodoctyla. (Rathbun 1898). UNI 20. Collected: 11 May 2003, Puerto Rico, Catano, Canal Rio Bayamon, mouth (18.4467997, -66.1597323). Space bar= 10mm.
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Leptuca speciosa
1976
Leptuca speciosa. (Ives 1891) UNI-93. Collected: 4 September 1976, Mexico, Yucatan, Harbor, West of Progresso (21.277956, -89.703382). Space bar= 10mm.
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Leptuca subcylindrica
2024
Leptuca subcylindrica. UNI 98. Collected: July 1995, USA, Texas, Klebert Co., Kingsville, Under US 77, Bridge over Santa Gertudis Creek (27.47677, -97.855088). Space bar= 10mm.
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Leptuca thayeri
2024
Leptuca thayeri. UNI 151. Collected: June 2003, USA, Florida, Monroe Co., Chokoloskee Bay, West Everglades (25.818773, -81.359583). Space bar= 10mm.
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Leptuca uruguayensis
2024
Leptuca uruguayensis. UNI 63. Collected: Jan 2011, Argentina, Provincia Buenos Aires, Mar Chiquita, Arroyo sur (-37.746733, -57.433427). Space bar= 10mm.
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Minuca burgersi
2024
Minuca burgersi. UNI 207. Collected: 25 November 2008, USA, Puerto Rico, Toa Baja, Rio La Plata, mouth (18.4660138, -66.1999654). Space bar= 10mm.
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