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Species Uca longisignalis - Longwave Gulf Fiddler

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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