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Narrow-fronted Fiddler Crabs
(Genus Uca)
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A fiddler crab, sometimes known as a calling crab, may be any of approximately 100 species of semi-terrestrial marine crabs which make up the genus Uca. As members of the family Ocypodidae, fiddler crabs are most closely related to the ghost crabs of the genus Ocypode. This entire group is composed of small crabs – the largest being slightly over two inches across. Fiddler crabs are found along sea beaches and brackish inter-tidal mud flats, lagoons...
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Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
(Leptuca pugilator)
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Leptuca pugilator, the sand fiddler crab, Atlantic sand fiddler crab, or Calico fiddler, is a species of fiddler crab that is found from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico. It lives in burrows in coastal and estuarine mud-flats, and can be extremely abundant. It can be differentiated from the morphologically similar Minuca pugnax and Minuca minax by the smoothness of the inside of its claws. One claw is larger than the other, and can be much...
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Red-jointed Fiddler Crab
(Minuca minax)
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Minuca minax, commonly known as the red‐jointed fiddler crab or brackish-water fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab that is found in the United States from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico. It is one of the most common macroinvertebrates in salt marshes in these states. It prefers areas of lower salinity than other fiddler crabs, and can be found in great numbers along the banks of tidal streams, even at distances greater than 50 km...
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Mexican Fiddler Crab
(Leptuca crenulata)
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Leptuca crenulata, the Mexican fiddler crab, is a species of American broad-front fiddler crab in the family Ocypodidae.
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Northern Calling Fiddler Crab
(Gelasimus borealis)
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Gulf Marsh Fiddler Crab
(Minuca longisignalis)
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Atlantic Mangrove Ghost Crab
(Ucides cordatus)
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Ucides is a genus of mangrove crabs in the monotypic family Ucididae, containing two species:
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Tetragonal Fiddler Crab
(Gelasimus tetragonon)
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Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab
(Gelasimus vomeris)
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Thick-legged Fiddler Crab
(Paraleptuca crassipes)
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Thin-fingered Fiddler Crab
(Leptuca leptodactyla)
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