Paraleptuca crassipes

{{Speciesbox

| name = Thick-legged fiddler crab

| image = Fiddler Crab (Uca crassipes?) (6262758647).jpg

| genus = Paraleptuca

| species = crassipes

| authority = (White, 1847)

| synonyms = *Gelasimus crassipes White, 1847

}}

Paraleptuca crassipes or the thick-legged fiddler crab is a species of fiddler crab that lives in intertidal habitats distributed across the western Pacific Ocean.

Paraleptuca crassipes was formerly a member of the genus Uca, but in 2016 it was placed in the genus Paraleptuca, a former subgenus of Uca.

Distribution

Paraleptuca crassipes has a natural range that extends from New Caledonia, to eastern Australian shores, the island of New Guinea, the Philippines, China and the southernmost islands of Japan. They are a species which prefers mangrove habitats.

Description

Paraleptuca crassipes usually have a crimson red carapace although some individuals may have black margins or patches. The large male cheliped is reddish pink. Walking legs can be crimson red or black. Bright sky blue patches may be present on the face and around the bases of the walking legs.

References

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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

| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305766283

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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

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

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{{Cite web| title= WoRMS taxon details, Paraleptuca crassipes (White, 1847)

| url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955294

| website = World Register of Marine Species

| access-date=2020-11-16

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{{Cite web| title=Paraleptuca crassipes

| url = http://fiddlercrab.info/u_crassipes.html

| website = Fiddler Crabs

| access-date=2020-11-16

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[http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=crabs_of_japan&id=1763 Uca crassipes], Marine Species Identification Portal

Category:Ocypodoidea

Category:Crustaceans described in 1847

Category:Crabs of the Pacific Ocean