Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab (Leptuca thayeri)

Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab, a reference photo — Photo: Mary J. Rathbun · Public domain

Leptuca thayeri, known generally as the Atlantic mangrove fiddler crab or mangrove fiddler, is a species of true crab in the family Ocypodidae. It is distributed all across the Western Atlantic.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Atlantic Mangrove 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

Uca princeps
Minuca galapagensis
Uca maracoani
Gelasimus hesperiae
Gelasimus vomeris
Metaplax elegans

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Leptuca
Species: Leptuca thayeri

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