Leptuca
''Leptuca'' is a genus of fiddler crabs belonging to the family Ocypodidae. The species of this genus are found on the coasts of the Americas. Description They are small- to large-sized crabs with an adult carapace width of 5–25 mm in adults. The front of their carapace is broad and they have short anterolateral margins with 0–2 posterolateral striae on the top of the carapace. Species There are currently 30 species in the genus: * ''Leptuca batuenta'' (Crane, 1941) (beating fiddler crab) * ''Leptuca beebei'' (Crane, 1941) (Beebe's fiddler crab) * '' Leptuca coloradensis'' (Rathbun, 1893) (painted fiddler crab) * ''Leptuca crenulata'' (Lockington, 1877) (Mexican fiddler crab) * '' Leptuca cumulanta'' (Crane, 1943) (heaping fiddler crab) * '' Leptuca deichmanni'' (Rathbun, 1935) (Deichmann's fiddler crab) * ''Leptuca dorotheae'' (von Hagen, 1968) (Dorothy's fiddler crab) * ''Leptuca festae'' (Nobili, 1902) (Festa's fiddler crab) * '' Leptuca helleri'' (Rathbun, 1902) (He ...
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