Paraleptuca boninensis / Bonin Islands Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca boninensis: Shih, H.-T., T. Komai, and M.-Y. Liu (2013) A new species of fiddler crab from the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan, separated from the widely-distributed sister species Uca (Paraleptuca) crassipes (White, 1847) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Zootaxa 3746(1):175–193.

Taxonomy: Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Paraleptuca
Common Names: English: Bonin Islands Fiddler Crab; Japanese: オガサワラベニシオマネキ [Ogasawara-beni-shiomaneki]
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology): Paraleptuca boninensis, Uca (Paraleptuca) boninensis, Uca boninensis
Size: Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.6 mm ± 2.87 (sd), 95% range: 11.9–23.2 mm (Data)
Geographic Range: Indo-West Pacific Realm: Ogasawara Islands (Japan); Download PNG line map of ranges. Download PNG line map of point locations.; Purple fiddler crabs indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue fiddler crabs surrounded by a dashed circle indicate the same but for larger, general regions; green fiddler crabs indicate “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist; yellow circles with a question mark indicate questionable records of this species from the scientific record; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken records from the scientific record.; Range map data derived from: Shih et al. (2013)
Associated Field Guides: Ogasawara Islands
External Links: Wikipedia; iNaturalist