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Dancing Fiddler Crab
Leptuca terpsichores
Leptuca terpsichores, commonly known as the dancing fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the eastern Pacific coast of the Americas, from Nicaragua to Peru.
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Description
The adult carapace is approximately 7 mm wide. The carapace is grey in color and males may exhibit yellow dorsal markings.
Similar species. Leptuca terpsichores is smaller than L. musica. L. terpsichores has smaller tubercles on the outer manus and fewer tubercles along the anterior carapace. The gape in the major cheliped is less serrate and the gape in the minor cheliped is slightly narrower.
Range & habitat
The species can be found on bay shores with muddy sand substrate.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 555991.