Leptuca helleri

Leptuca helleri, commonly known as Heller's fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab endemic to the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Leptuca helleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Ocypodidae
Subfamily:	Gelasiminae
Tribe:	Minucini
Genus:	Leptuca
Species:	L. helleri
Binomial name
Leptuca helleri (Rathbun, 1902)
Synonyms
Uca helleri (basionym)

Taxonomy

Previously a member of the genus Uca, the species was transferred in 2016 to the genus Leptuca when Leptuca was promoted from subgenus to genus level.^[2][3]

Description

The carapace can be up to 12 mm wide in the largest male individuals.^[1]