Marbled Fiddler

Leptuca leptodactyla

• Group: Other

On sandy flats and mangrove edges flooded by the tide, the male marbled fiddler waves one greatly enlarged claw to court females and warn off rivals. It sifts minute organisms and organic debris from the sediment with its smaller feeding claw.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Ocypodidae › Leptuca

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 955233.