Leptuca cumulanta
Heaping Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Uca cumulanta Crane, J. (1943) Crabs of the genus Uca from Venezuela. Zoologica NY 28(1):33–44.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Leptuca cumulanta Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] cumulanta Uca (Leptuca) cumulanta Uca (Minuca) cumulanta Uca cumulanta Uca cumulenta Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 9.3 mm ± 3.19 (sd), 95% range: 3.0–15.5 mm (Data )
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: Jamaica; Colombia through northern Brazil; southern Brazil
Purple fiddler crabs iNaturalist ; yellow circles with a question mark
Range map data derived from: Thurman et al. (2013)
Associated Field Guides
Atlantic Coast of Colombia and Venezuela Brazil Caribbean Islands Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad and Tobago External Links
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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.
