Leptuca subcylindrica
Laguna Madre Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Gelasimus subcylindricus Stimpson, W. (1859) Notes on North American Crustacea, No. 1. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7:49–93.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Gelasimus sub-cylindricus Gelasimus subcylindricus Leptuca subcylindrica Leptuca subcylindrical Uca (Leptuca) subcylindrica Uca (Minuca) subcylindrica Uca sub-cylindrica Uca subcylindrica Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.9 mm ± 3.08 (sd), 95% range: 11.9–24.0 mm (Data )
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: USA (Corpus Christi, Texas) through Mexico (Tampico)
Purple fiddler crabs iNaturalist ; yellow circles with a question mark
Range map data derived from: Barnwell & Thurman (1984) ; Crane (1975) ; Neck (1987) ; Thurman (1987)
Associated Field Guides
Southwestern Gulf of Mexico Texas, USA External Links
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Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) ,
Bright & Hogue (1972) ,
Broghammer & Thurman (1996) ,
Crane (1975) ,
Felder et al. (2009) ,
Fisk (1941) ,
Fotheringham & Brunenmeister (1975) ,
Gilchrist (1988) ,
Hernández Aguilera et al. (1996) ,
Hines (1982) ,
Kingsley (1880) ,
Nabout et al. (2010) ,
Neck (1987) ,
Ng et al. (2008) ,
Oliveira (1939) ,
Ortmann (1897) ,
Pérez-Mozqueda et al. (2014) ,
Peyton et al. (1964) ,
Powers (1975) ,
Powers (1977) ,
Rabalais (1984) ,
Rabalais & Cameron (1981) ,
Rabalais & Cameron (1982) ,
Rathbun (1900) ,
Rathbun (1918) ,
Rathbun (1935) ,
Rosenberg (2000) ,
Rosenberg (2001) ,
Rosenberg (2002) ,
Rosenberg (2019) ,
Rosenberg (2020) ,
Rupp (2006) ,
Salmon & Horch (1972) ,
Sendler (1912) ,
Shih et al. (2016) ,
Smith (1870) ,
Stimpson (1859) ,
Thurman (1979) ,
Thurman (1984) ,
Thurman (1994) ,
Thurman (1996) ,
Thurman (1998) ,
Thurman (2000) ,
Thurman (2004) ,
Thurman & Barnwell (1977) ,
Thurman & Thurman (1981) ,
von Hagen (1970) ,
von Hagen (1980) ,
von Hagen (1987)
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.
