Leptuca spinicarpa
{{Short description|Species of crab}}
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| image = Leptuca spinicarpa Texas PWD.jpg
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| genus = Leptuca
| species = spinicarpa
| authority = (Rathbun, 1900)
| display_parents = 3
| synonyms = Uca spinicarpa (basionym)
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Leptuca spinicarpa, commonly known as the spiny-wristed fiddler crab or the spined fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to coastal habitats along the Gulf of Mexico from northwestern Florida to Mexico.
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.
At one time, L. spinicarpa was reduced to a subspecies of L. speciosa, but this is no longer accepted due to morphological, genetic, and behavioral differences.
Description
The carapace can be up to 23mm wide and is often green in color in the frontal area. Strongly raised tuberculate ridges are present on the palm of the male's major cheliped; a large tubercle is present on the carpus.
Habitat
References
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| title = The geographic structure of morphological variation in eight species of fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae: genus Uca) from the eastern United States and Mexico
| date = 2010
| last1 = Hopkins | first1 = Melanie J.
| last2 = Thurman | first2 = Carl L.
| journal = Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
| volume = 100| issue = 1
| pages = 248–270
| doi = 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01402.x
| s2cid = 82678219
| doi-access = free
{{Cite journal
| title = Contextual cross-referencing of species names for fiddler crabs (genus Uca): An experiment in cyber-taxonomy
| date = 2014
| last1 = Rosenberg | first1 = Michael S.
| journal = PLOS ONE
| volume = 9| issue = 7
| page = e101704
| doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0101704
| pmid = 25004097
| pmc = 4086947
| doi-access = free
{{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
{{Cite journal
| title = Redescription of the fiddler crab Uca spinicarpa Rathbun, 1900 (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)
| date = 2010
| last1 = Arruda Bezerra | first1 = Luis
| last2 = Alves Coelho | first2 = Petronio
| journal = Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
| volume = 38| issue=2 |pages=270–273
| doi = 10.3856/vol38-issue2-fulltext-12
| url = https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/1750/175015266012.pdf
{{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
{{Cite book
| title = Guide to common tidal marsh invertebrates of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
| date = 1982
| last1 = Heard | first1 = Richard W.
| id = MASGP-79-004 |publisher=Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium |url=https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/13648
{{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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Category:Crabs of the Atlantic Ocean