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Figure 8

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5-2025

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Fiddler crabs;

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Alt Text: Composite photograph of the Leptuca panacea fiddler crab which includes several black & white images of different views of the crab, a color photograph, and a distribution map.

Composite Image Description: Figure 8. Leptuca panacea (Novak and Salmon, 1974) UNI 882. Collected: Gulf of Mexico, United States, Florida, Wakulla Co., Panacea, Mashes Island (30.016905; -84368426). Range: West Florida to Campeche, MX. Scale bar = 10mm. (A) Dorsal view. (B) Front view. (C) Inner cheliped. (D) Ocular view. (E) Ambulatory. (F) Color Photo. (G) Distribution Map (Finke 2024

Species Description: Moderate-sized (width < 25 mm). Carapace globular, length 71 % width. Frontal region about 37% carapace with. Eyestalk short. When carapace dried, it appears dull or matt. Antero-lateral angle sharp and pointed forward. Anterior lateral margins straight but strongly curved in posterior. Dactyl and pollex equal to or longer than manus. Gap very large, few large tubercles on dactyl, 4-6 larger tubercles on pollex. Both dactyl and pollex thin. End of pollex sharp hook. Dactyl overlaps end of pollex when closed. Distinct row of evenly spaced tubercles on pollex at proximal end of gap. No oblique tubercle ridge across inner surface of lower manus. Inner palmar surface with large evenly space tubercles. Walking legs thin with few long setae. Merus width 33% length: female 34%, male 30%. Found along western Gulf of Mexico from Panacea, Wakula Co., FL, USA to Sabancuy, Campeche, Mexico (Fig. 8G).

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This composite image is of the Leptuca panacea fiddler crab. It is a part of the parent Fiddler Crabs Image Gallery collection at the University of Northern Iowa, which has images of Fiddler Crabs located in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico from the following genera: Afruca, Leptuca, Minuca, and Uca.

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UNI Specimen Number

UNI 882

Collection Location

Gulf of Mexico, United States, Florida, Wakulla Co., Panacea, Mashes Island

Gender

male

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Fiddler crabs;

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