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American Red Fiddler Crab

Uca heteropleura

15 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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6 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 0, February 0, March 1, April 0, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 1, November 0, December 1.
Costa Rica3
Provincia Puntarenas2
Provincia Guanacaste1
Panama1
Guatemala1
Provincia de Panamá Oeste1
Santa Rosa1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyGhost and Fiddler Crabs · Ocypodidae
GenusNarrow-fronted Fiddler Crabs · Uca

Sources

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