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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)

Species Uca longisignalis - Longwave Gulf Fiddler

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Internet References
Fiddler crab from salt flats in marsh - Uca longisignalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Eucarida (Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.))
Order Decapoda (Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp)
Infraorder Brachyura (True Crabs)
Family Ocypodidae (Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs)
Genus Uca (Fiddler Crabs)
Species longisignalis (Longwave Gulf Fiddler)
Other Common Names
Gulf Marsh Fiddler
Range
northwest Florida to south Texas
Internet References
www.fiddlercrab.info
Texas Parks and Wildlife
The University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 October, 2010 - 8:13pm
Additional contributions by Graham M
Last updated 14 June, 2011 - 4:57pm

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