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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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Records from Mar Chiquita

Synonyms: Uca uruguayensis.


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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: 597090
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/09/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 540413
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/26/2023
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 533278
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/23/2023
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 209025
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/10/2017
Walter Bustamante



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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
219849227/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCosta de la Albúfera, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
213756209/03/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlbúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
175815123/04/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlbúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
178711026/03/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresRivera del Sol, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
58876010/03/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlbúfera, Mar ChiquitaWalter Bustamante
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Fiddler Crab (Leptuca uruguayensis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 20/03/2026.