Paraleptuca crassipes
Thick-legged Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Gelasimus crassipes Adams, A., and A. White (1848) Crustacea. Pp. 1–66 in The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. "Samarang"; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846 , A. Adams, ed., Volume 8. London: Reeve, Benham, & Reeve.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Gelasimini → Genus Paraleptuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Amphiuca chlorophthalmus gaimardi Gelasimus crassipes Gelasimus Gaimardi Gelasimus Gaimardii Gelasimus Latreilii Gelasimus Latreillei Gelasimus Latreilli Gelasimus latreillii Gelasimus pulchellus Paraleptuca crassipes Paraleptuca gaimardi Uca (Amphiuca) chlorophthalmus crassipes Uca (Amphiuca) chornpthalmus crassipes Uca (Minuca) gaimardi Uca (Paraleptuca) crassipes Uca chlorophtalmus crassipes Uca chlorophthalmus crasipes Uca chlorophthalmus crassipes Uca crassipes Uca gaimardi Uca latreillei Uca novae-guineae Uca novaeginea Uca novaeguineae Uca novaegunieae Uca novaguinae Uca pulchella Size
Very Large Carapace Breadth: 23.7 mm ± 8.41 (sd), 95% range: 7.3–40.2 mm (Data )
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: common throughout central and western Pacific islands from French Polynesia through parts of Indonesia and the Philippines; Taiwan; Ryuku Islands (Japan); eastern Australia
Purple fiddler crabs iNaturalist ; yellow circles with a question mark
Range map data derived from: Barnes (2010) ; Crane (1975) ; Poupin (2010) ; Shih et al. (2012) ; Shih et al. (2016)
Associated Field Guides
Borneo Central Indonesia Central Melanesia Eastern Australia Fiji and Polynesia Main Islands of Japan New Guinea Philippines Ryuku Islands, Japan Sumatra Taiwan Western Micronesia External Links
Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia iNaturalist NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank GBIF
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Adams & White (1848) ,
Alcock (1900) ,
Aoki et al. (2009) ,
Balss (1922) ,
Barnes (2010) ,
Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) ,
Bergey & Weis (2006) ,
Boone (1934) ,
Bott (1973) ,
Bouchard et al. (2013) ,
Brocchi (1875) ,
Brody et al. (2014) ,
Cai et al. (1998) ,
Cano (1889) ,
Cano (1889) ,
Chertoprud et al. (2012) ,
Clark & Presswell (2001) ,
Crane (1957) ,
Crane (1975) ,
Crosnier (1965) ,
De Man (1887-1888) ,
De Man (1891) ,
De Man (1902) ,
Dérijard (1966) ,
Doflein (1899) ,
Doflein (1904) ,
Estampador (1937) ,
Estampador (1959) ,
Forest & Guinot (1961) ,
Fujita (2018) ,
George & Jones (1982) ,
Gordon (1934) ,
Guinot (1985) ,
Heller (1865) ,
Henderson (1893) ,
Ho et al. (1993) ,
Holthuis (1953) ,
Ikeda et al. (2004) ,
Juncker & Poupin (2009) ,
Kawaida et al. (2017) ,
Kingsley (1880) ,
Lin (1949) ,
Maccagno (1928) ,
Marbun et al. (2019) ,
Michie et al. (2015) ,
Miers (1886) ,
Milne Edwards (1852) ,
Milne Edwards (1854) ,
Milne-Edwards (1873) ,
Miyake (1938) ,
Miyake (1939) ,
Murniati (2010) ,
Murniati & Pratiwi (2015) ,
Nabout et al. (2010) ,
Naderloo et al. (2010) ,
Ng et al. (2008) ,
Ng & Richer de Forges (2007) ,
Ng et al. (2017) ,
Ng et al. (2001) ,
Nobili (1899) ,
Nobili (1907) ,
Oliveira (1939) ,
Omori & Holthuis (2000) ,
Omori & Holthuis (2005) ,
Ortmann (1894) ,
Ortmann (1897) ,
Parisi (1918) ,
Pearse (1912) ,
Pesta (1911) ,
Pesta (1913) ,
Poupin (1994) ,
Poupin (1996) ,
Poupin (2010) ,
Poupin & Juncker (2008) ,
Poupin & Juncker (2010) ,
Pratiwi (2009) ,
Pratiwi & Aswandy (2010) ,
Pratiwi & Widyastuti (2013) ,
Pratiwi et al. (2018) ,
Rathbun (1907) ,
Rathbun (1910) ,
Rathbun (1913) ,
Rosenberg (2000) ,
Rosenberg (2001) ,
Rosenberg (2002) ,
Rosenberg (2019) ,
Rosenberg (2020) ,
Rupp (2012) ,
Rupp (2013) ,
Rupp (2013) ,
Rupp (2013) ,
Rupp (2014) ,
Rupp (2014) ,
Rupp (2015) ,
Sakai (1936) ,
Sakai (1939) ,
Sakai (1940) ,
Sakai (1976) ,
Sastranegara et al. (2003) ,
Sendler (1923) ,
Serène (1973) ,
Seurat (1934) ,
Shen (1940) ,
Shen (1940) ,
Shih (2013) ,
Shih et al. (2023) ,
Shih et al. (2013) ,
Shih et al. (2008) ,
Shih et al. (2010) ,
Shih et al. (2016) ,
Shih et al. (2010) ,
Shih & Poupin (2020) ,
Smith (2003) ,
Stimpson (1858) ,
Stimpson (1907) ,
Takeda & Miyake (1976) ,
Tanaka et al. (2004) ,
Tanase & Wada (2019) ,
Tesch (1918) ,
Thallwitz (1891) ,
Tweedie (1950) ,
Vannini & Valmori (1981) ,
Vatova (1943) ,
von Martens (1868) ,
von Martens (1869) ,
Wada (2001) ,
Wada (2019) ,
Weis & Weis (2004) ,
White (1847) ,
White (1847) ,
White (1847) ,
Yoshigou (2001) ,
Yoshigou (2002)
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.
