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leptodactyla

History

Species
Leptuca leptodactyla
Original Usage
Uca leptodactyla
Original Source with Priority
Rathbun, M.J. (1898) [Type description of Uca leptodactyla] in The Northrop collection of Crustacea from the Bahamas; W. M. Rankin, pp. 225-258. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 11(12):227–228.
Derivation
Latin for “thin-fingered.”

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