Laguna Madre Fiddler

Leptuca subcylindrica

• Group: Other

The most land loving of the fiddler crabs, the Laguna Madre fiddler lives high on estuarine flats from the supratidal down into the intertidal. Like its relatives the male carries one greatly enlarged claw for signalling and combat.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 955246.