Leptuca speciosa
Brilliant Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Gelasimus speciosus Ives, J.E. (1891) Crustacea from the northern coast of Yucatan, the harbor of Vera Cruz, the west coast of Florida and the Bermuda Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 43:176–207.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Gelasimus speciosus Gonoplax speciosus Leptuca speciosa Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] speciosa speciosa Uca (Leptuca) speciosa Uca speciosa Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 12.3 mm ± 1.78 (sd), 95% range: 8.9–15.8 mm (Data )
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: USA (Florida to Alabama), Mexico (Yucatan peninsula), western Cuba, The Bahamas
Purple fiddler crabs iNaturalist ; yellow circles with a question mark
Range map data derived from: Hopkins & Thurman (2010) ; Thurman et al. (2010)
Associated Field Guides
Cuba East Coast of Florida, USA Northern Gulf of Mexico (USA) South Coast of Florida, USA Southeastern Gulf of Mexico The Bahamas West Coast of Florida, USA External Links
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Weygoldt (1977)
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.
