Leptuca helleri

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| genus = Leptuca

| species = helleri

| authority = (Rathbun, 1902)

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| synonyms = Uca helleri (basionym)

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Leptuca helleri, commonly known as Heller's fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab endemic to the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Previously a member of the genus Uca, the species was transferred in 2016 to the genus Leptuca when Leptuca was promoted from subgenus to genus level.

Description

The carapace can be up to 12 mm wide in the largest male individuals.

References

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{{Cite book

| title = Fiddler Crabs of the World. Ocypodidae: Genus Uca

| date = 1975

| last1 = Crane | first1 = Jocelyn

| publisher = Princeton University Press |location=New Jersey, USA

| url = https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/15051/15051-001.pdf

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{{Cite journal

| title = Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera

| date = 2016

| last1 = Shih | first1 = Hsi-Te

| last2 = Ng | first2 = Peter K. L.

| last3 = Davie | first3 = Peter J. F.

| last4 = Schubart | first4 = Christoph D.

| last5 = Türkay | first5 = Michael

| last6 = Naderloo | first6 = Reza

| last7 = Jones | first7 = Diana

| last8 = Liu | first8 = Min-Yun

| display-authors = 4

| journal = The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

| volume = 64 |pages=139–175

| url = https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/64rbz139-175.pdf

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{{Cite journal

| title = A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy

| date = 2019

| last1 = Rosenberg | first1 = Michael S.

| journal = Journal of Crustacean Biology

| volume = 39| issue = 6 |pages=729–738

| doi=10.1093/jcbiol/ruz057 | url = https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/39/6/729/5614985

| doi-access = free

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Category:Ocypodoidea

Category:Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean

Category:Endemic fauna of the Galápagos Islands

Category:Crustaceans described in 1902

Category:Taxa named by Mary J. Rathbun