Decapoda - Brachyura - Ocypodidae - Leptuca
| Leptuca thayeri (Rathbun, 1900) |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - <1 m, E Fla–GMx, Antil, Carib–Brazil. - Crane (1975: 113) - Observations and Collections: Western Atlantic.United States: Florida: St. Augustine, Miami. Guatemala: Puerto Barrios. Guadeloupe. Trinidad and Tobago. Venezuela: Aragua: Turiamo; Delta Amacuro: Pedernales. Brazil: Pernambuco: Recife; Bahia: Sao Salvador; Rio de Janeiro.
Environnement : Marine & Land - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-1 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St John), ICA (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad, Tobago), IOV (Curaçao). Intertidal. WA.
Gelasimus palustris H. Milne Edwards, 1852: 148, 'Antilles', in part Martinique - Gelasimus palustris H. Milne Edwards, 1852 is accepted as Minuca rapax (Smith, 1870) but Crane (1975: 325) indicate that '1 dry specimen from Martinique in MNHN labeled 'U. palustris' is U. thayeri'.
Uca thayeri - Chace & Hobbs, 1969: 216, Guadeloupe, Curaçao. - Hagen, 1970: 226, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Curaçao [Caribbean Uca groups; from litterature]. - Rodríguez, 1980: 410, Curaçao [in distribution]. - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Thurman et al., 2010: tab. 1, St John.
Uca (Boboruca) thayeri - Crane, 1975: 112, Guadeloupe, Tobago, Trinidad, Curaçao.
Uca (Minuca) thayeri. - Bezerra, 2012: 224, Trinidad.
Uca thayeri - Martinique, groupe BIOSPHERES, November 2015, coll. & det. J. Poupin (based on Chace & Hobbs, 1969: 203, key; front is 0.24 time length of fronto-orbital length (0.30 in a U. rapax specimen used for comparison) and surface of carapace is uneven and at least partially covered with scurflike pubescence; additonally gape at base of big chela is pilous along edges of fingers); Martinique, Etang du Galion, March 2016, field photo R. Marraud des Grottes, det. J. Poupin.
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Uca (Minuca) thayeri – Holthuis, 1959a: 275, Suriname. — Crane, 1975: 114, Suriname. — Amouroux & Tavares, 2005: 74, tab. 1, French Guiana. — Guinot et al., 2013: 290, French Guiana [male 20.0 × 31.0 mm, French Guiana (MNHN-B12049)]. — Buranelli & Mantelatto, 2019: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine (littoral, mangrove).
Comment(s) on data
New genus Leptuca is from Shih et al. (2016, Raffles Bulletin).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database