Leptuca
Leptuca is a genus of fiddler crabs belonging to the family Ocypodidae.
The species of this genus are found on the coasts of the Americas.
Description
They are small- to large-sized crabs with an adult carapace width of 5–25 mm in adults. The front of their carapace is broad and they have short anterolateral margins with 0–2 posterolateral striae on the top of the carapace.Species
There are currently 30 species in the genus:- Leptuca batuenta
- Leptuca beebei
- Leptuca coloradensis
- Leptuca crenulata
- Leptuca cumulanta
- Leptuca deichmanni
- Leptuca dorotheae
- Leptuca festae
- Leptuca helleri
- Leptuca inaequalis
- Leptuca latimanus
- Leptuca leptodactyla
- Leptuca limicola
- Leptuca musica
- Leptuca oerstedi
- Leptuca panacea
- Leptuca pugilator
- Leptuca pygmaea
- Leptuca saltitanta
- Leptuca speciosa
- Leptuca spinicarpa
- Leptuca stenodactylus
- Leptuca subcylindrica
- Leptuca tallanica
- Leptuca tenuipedis
- Leptuca terpsichores
- Leptuca thayeri
- Leptuca tomentosa
- Leptuca umbratila
- ''Leptuca uruguayensis''