Leptuca thayeri
Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab
Type Description
Uca thayeri Rathbun, M.J. (1900) Results of the Branner-Agassiz expedition to Brazil. I. The decapod and stomatopod Crustacea. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:133–156.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Leptuca Common Names
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology )
Boboruca thayeri Lapetuca thayeri Leptuca thayeri Planuca thayeri Uca (Boboruca) Thayeri Uca (Boboruca) thayeri thayeri Uca (Minuca) thayeri Uca (Minuca) thayeri thayeri Uca (Minuca) trayeri Uca thayeri Uca thayeri thayeri Uca trayeri Size
Large Carapace Breadth: 24.4 mm ± 4.72 (sd), 95% range: 15.2–33.7 mm (Data )
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) to Brazil; USA (Florida); throughout Caribbean islands
Purple fiddler crabs iNaturalist ; yellow circles with a question mark
Range map data derived from: Barnwell & Thurman (1984) ; Barnwell (1986) ; Crane (1975) ; Powers (1977) ; Thurman (1987) ; Thurman et al. (2013)
Associated Field Guides
Atlantic Coast of Central America Atlantic Coast of Colombia and Venezuela Brazil Caribbean Islands Cuba East Coast of Florida, USA Georgia, USA Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad and Tobago South Coast of Florida, USA Southeastern Gulf of Mexico The Bahamas West Coast of Florida, USA 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.
