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Beating Fiddler Crab
Leptuca batuenta
Leptuca batuenta, commonly known as the beating fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the tropical eastern Pacific, from El Salvador to northern Peru.
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Description
This crab is very small; carapace width is approximately 7 millimetres (0.28 in) in adult males and 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in adult females. Both sexes have a pale brown to yellow carapace with some white marbling. Individuals may have green eyestalks.
Range & habitat
The species can be found on open mudflats and among unshaded mangrove roots. It prefers mud substrate.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 556003.