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Leptuca pugilator

(Bosc, 1802)

Atlantic Sand Fiddler

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.808774

Element CodeICMALD0020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassMalacostraca

OrderDecapoda

FamilyOcypodidae

GenusLeptuca

Synonyms

Uca pugilator(Bosc, 1802)

Concept Reference

McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.

Conservation Status

Review Date2014-02-28

Change Date2014-02-28

Edition Date2014-02-28

Edition AuthorsAlmquist, D. T.

Range Extent20,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 8000 to >1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences21 to >300

Rank Reasons

This species has a relatively large range, there is no evidence of decline, and it has been characterized as common in a significant part of its range, but there are relatively few definite and recent records.

Range Extent Comments

It is difficult to estimate this species' range extent, as it occurs off of the coast of the eastern US from Massachusetts to Texas and may occur into the well south of there (Discoverlife.org, Felder et al. 2009, Joyce 1975).

Occurrences Comments

This is based on approximately 20 known records and its distribution along the coast of the eastern US from Massachusetts to Texas and possibly questionable records from other areas (Discoverlife.org, Felder et al. 2009, Joyce 1975).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	SNR	Yes
Florida	S4	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pond Pine B	Croatan National Forest	2,961

References (7)

Crane, J. 1975. Fiddler Crabs of the World, Ocypodidae: Genus Uca. Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ. 400 pp.
Felder, D.L., F. Álvarez, J.W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea. Pages 1019-1104 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico, origin, waters and biota: Volume I, Biodiversity, Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Texas.
McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.
Oviatt, C.A., S.W. Nixon, and J. Garber. 1977. Variation and Evaluation of Coastal Salt Marshes. Environmental Management 1(3): 201-211.
Rosenberg, M. S. 2019. A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39(6):729-738.
Shih, H. -T., P. K. L. Ng, P. J. F. Davie, C. D. Schubart, M. Türkay, R. Naderloo, D. S. Jones, and M. -Y. Liu. 2016. Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64:139-175.
Touchete, J. 2004. Invertebrate List. Rhode Island DEM Fish and Wildlife. Unpublished document, complied for SWG Program.