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Fiddler Crab

Leptuca uruguayensis
(Nobili, 1901)
Cangrejo Violinista
Family: Ocypodidae
Order: Decapoda
Class: Malacostraca
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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Synonyms: Uca uruguayensis.


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Number of Photography: 82

Foto
Photography ID: 660346
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/15/2025
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 645249
♂  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/29/2025
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 645126
♂ ♀  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/14/2025
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 627003
♂  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/02/2025
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 610462
♂  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/27/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 606711
  Adult
San Clemente del Tuyú
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/27/2024
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 597090
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/09/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 562793
♂  Adult
San Clemente del Tuyú
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/04/2023
Diego Trillo



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Number of Records: 106



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238816615/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Integral Mar Chiquita, Mar ChiquitaEdgar Romeo
232768029/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Chiquita, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
232757914/02/2025ArgentinaBuenos Aires Mar Chiquita, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
226356702/02/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlbúfera de Mar Chiquita, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
226202915/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresVilla Mar Chiquita, Albúfera Laguna Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
219849227/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCosta de la Albúfera, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
218093527/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresTapera de lopez, San Clemente del TuyúDiego Carus
218247226/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta RasaCelina Emilia Iratchet
202086506/04/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta RasaJorge La Grotteria
202086306/04/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta RasaMaría Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Fiddler Crab (Leptuca uruguayensis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.