Decapoda - Brachyura - Ocypodidae - Paraleptuca

Paraleptuca crassipes (White, 1847)


World Distribution
(Rosenberg, Internet) - Western Pacific - China, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Papa New Guinea, Melanesia, Micronesia. Plus Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia. Shih et al. (2012: 34) Taiwan, Ryukyus, Philippines, Indonesia, Guam, Cocos Keeling, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-1 m

New Caledonia data
Uca crassipes - Juncker & Poupin, 2009: 14, Nouvelle Caledonie, Photo J. Poupin (St. 8 Voh), 3 MM 9,0x13,4 à 12,8x20,2 mm, 2 FF 7,7x10,2 et 11,9x16,0 mm. - Shih et al., 2012, Zootaxa: 35, New Caledonia: 1 M (13.9 mm), 3 FF (11.7–14.8 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13479), Magenta, Ouémo, coll. P. Laboute, 29 Jul. 2003; 1 M (11.0 mm) (MNHN IU-2011-5602); 1M (11.1 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-5603), Ile des Pins, Baie de Gunta, 21 Dec. 1961; 1 M (11.2 mm), 2 FF (9.8–12.3 mm) (QM W24285), Point de Dembea; 1 F (11.2 mm) (QM W24284), Pointe de Pam, coll. J.L. Menou, 8 Feb. 1992; 6 MM (10.1–12.6 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13476); 1M (12.2 mm), 2 FF (12.5–14.4 mm) (NCHUZOOL 13477), western coast of Quano Bay, coll. B. Richer de Forge, 30 Nov. 2008; 1 M (14.6 mm) (MNHN), Voh, Oundjo, coll. J. Poupin & M. Juncker, Mar. 2009.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Uca crassipes - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Gelasimus latreillei H. Milne Edwards, 1852: 114, pl. 4, fig. 20, 20a (Bora Bora). - Gelasimus pulchellus Stimpson, 1858b: 100 [46]; 1907: 107, pl. 15, fig. 1 (Tahiti). - Gelasimus gaimardi - Heller, 1865: 38 (Tahiti). - Uca chlorophthalmus - Nobili, 1907: 408 ("Taravao" = Tahiti). - Uca gaimardi - Rathbun, 1907: 26 (Bora Bora, Tahiti). - Holthuis, 1953: 29 ("Taravao" = Tahiti). - Crane, 1957: 74, 78 (Bora Bora, Raiatea, Tahiti). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 140, fig. 140-145, 153, 156a-b (Tahiti); 1962: 70 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Gelasimus (Uca) chlorophthalmus - Seurat, 1934: 60 (Tahiti). - Uca (Amphiuca) chlorophthalmus crassipes - Crane, 1975: 98, 102, 599, fig. 13-14, 26c, 31c, 37h, 39a-b, 56c, 60 l-m, 68a-b, 81g, 83a, 99, pl. 15 a-f, 46b (Bora Bora, Raiatea, Tahiti, Marquesas p. 599; Syn.). - Guinot, 1985: 453 (List). - Poupin, 1994a: 71, fig. 67, pl. 8g (Maupiti, Raevavae, Tahiti; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 74 (Checklist) - Synonyms - Uca gaimardi H. Milne Edwards, 1852. - Unpublished sp., coll. & det. G. Paulay, Moorea, January 10, 2001, Temae Pond (FLMNH-UF 1444); Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. and det. Poupin, specimens (MNHN) and color photograph, Haapiti mangrove. - Moorea Biocode project (as Uca chlorophthalmus). - Uca crassipes - Shih et al., 2012, Zootaxa: 35, Wallis I.: 2 MM (13.0–19.8 mm) (MNHN), Halalo, coll. J. Poupin & M. Juncker, 23 Oct. 2007. French Polynesia, Moorea: 3 MM (10.2–14.4 mm), 3 FF (13.2–15.2 mm) (MNHN) Haapiti, coll. J. Poupin, 11 Dec. 2006; 1 M (14.8 mm) NCHUZOOL 13478) Haapiti, coll. J. Poupin, Dec. 2006. - Shin & al., 2013, The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: 643, tab. 1, NCHUZOOL-13478, Moorea (leg from Poupin coll.). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea) (small spp. Attributed with hesitation to U. crassipes because setae on inner face of palm … due to juvenile aspect?).
Paraleptuca crassipes - Shih et al., 2016, Raffles Bulletin: 173, Moorea [new genus; Moorea, Haapiti sp. NCHUZOOL 13478].

Comment(s) on data
Uca splendida (Stimpson, 1858), from Taiwan (including Penghu), China (Fujian?, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan) and Vietnam, is very similar to U. crassipes. Both species can be sympatric. See differences in Shih et al., Zootaxa (2012).

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