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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » True Crabs (Brachyura) » Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs (Ocypodidae) » Fiddler Crabs (Uca) » Longwave Gulf Fiddler (Uca longisignalis)
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Fiddler crab from salt flats in marsh - Uca longisignalis
Copyright © 2010 David Almquist

Fiddler crab from salt flats in marsh - Uca longisignalis
St. Mark's NWR, Wakulla County, Florida, USA
August 15, 2009
This was in a sandy area well away from the ocean in salt flat/salt marsh type of habitat and was active at night.
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Contributed by David Almquist on 18 March, 2010 - 12:29pm
Last updated 24 October, 2010 - 8:36pm

Moved
Moved from Fiddler Crabs.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 October, 2010 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

Uca
Cool, this is Uca longisignalis, found in the northern gulf states
… Ray Simpson, 24 October, 2010 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 March, 2010 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Hi David
Great shot.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 March, 2010 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Michael Rosenberg, from Arizona State U, stated that he believes that it's Uca longisignalis. There's a little information and a couple of pictures here:
http://www.fiddlercrab.info/u_longisignalis.html
… David Almquist, 19 March, 2010 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

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