Leptuca uruguayensis, commonly known as the Uruguayan fiddler crab or the southwestern Atlantic fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to temperate and subtropical areas of the southeastern coast of South America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Uruguayan Fiddler Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Austruca occidentalis
- Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus
- Austruca annulipes
- Cranuca inversa
- Tubuca signata
- Paraleptuca splendida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Ocypodidae
- Genus
- Leptuca
- Species
- Leptuca uruguayensis
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