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Mexican Fiddler Crab

Leptuca crenulata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 90, February 78, March 81, April 101, May 111, June 320, July 288, August 136, September 80, October 82, November 105, December 81.
California1,090
United States996
Mexico129
Baja California72
Baja California Sur46
Sonora4
Sinaloa3
Arizona2
Nayarit2
Colima1

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
GenusLeptuca

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