Uca pugilator
(Bosc, 1802)
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Synonyms: Leptuca pugilator
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1:
Non-chordate Invertebrate
Sublevel 2:
Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry
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Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Uca
Species: Uca pugilator
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin:
Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?:
No
Rarity Designations:
CT WAP (2015) - GCN (Important)
RI WAP (2015) - SGCN
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type:
Heterotroph
HABITAT
ASSOCIATED SPECIES
PHOTOS OF
Uca pugilator
PHOTOS OF SPECIES ASSOCIATIONS