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Identifier
Figure 14
Medium
photograph
Date Created
5-2025
Keywords
Fiddler crabs;
Description
Alt Text: Composite photograph of the Leptuca uruguayensis 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 14. Leptuca uruguayensis (Nobili, 1901). UNI 63. Collected: Jan-2011, Argentina, Provincia Buenos Aires, Mar Chiquita, Arroyo sur (-37.746733, -57.433427). 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: Small species (width < 17 mm). Carapace wider than long, very convex (Fig. 14A). Carapace length 63% width. Front 25% carapace width. Eyestalks short. Antero-lateral angle sharp and pointing outward. Anterio-lateral margins short and parallel (Fig. 14A). Lateral margin converging in posterior. Dactyl and pollex of large cheliped longer than manus (Fig. 14B,C). Dactyl with 4-5 evenly spaced large tubercles. Gap wide. Inner manus with clear oblique ridge of large tubercles that terminate at the edge of the carpal cavity. Few setae on walking legs (Fig. 14e). Merus width 37 % length. Found from Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro to northern Argentina (Fig. 14G).
Object Description
1 PNG file
UNI Specimen Number
UNI 63
Year Collected
2011
Collection Location
-37.746733, -57.433427
Gender
male
Copyright
©2025 Abby Hutchins, Amber Finke, and Carl L. Thurman
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Image
Language
en
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Recommended Citation
Hutchins, Abby; Finke, Amber; and Thurman, Carl L., "Figure 014. Leptuca uruguayensis" (2025). Fiddler Crabs Image Gallery. 7.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/fiddlercrabs/7
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Keywords
Fiddler crabs;
Comments
This composite image is of the Leptuca uruguayensis 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, Petruca, and Uca.