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==Genera and species== More than 100 species of fiddler crabs make up 11 of the 13 genera in the crab family [[Ocypodidae]]. These were formerly members of the genus ''Uca''. In 2016, most of the subgenera of ''Uca'' were elevated to genus rank, and the fiddler crabs now occupy 11 genera making up the subfamilies [[Gelasiminae]] and Ucinae.<ref>Shih, H. T. & Ng, P. K. L., Davie, P. J. F., Schubart, C. D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D. & Liu, M. (2016). Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), Based on phylogenetic relationships, With a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, Sensu lato and its subgenera. ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 64'', 139-175. [https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5355087 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5355087]</ref><ref name=Rosenberg2019/><ref name=Ng2008/> * ''[[Afruca]]'' ** ''[[Afruca tangeri]]'' <small>(Eydoux, 1835)</small> (West African fiddler crab) * ''[[Austruca]]'' ** ''[[Austruca albimana]]'' <small>(Kossmann, 1877)</small> (white-handed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca annulipes]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|H.Milne Edwards]], 1837)</small> (ring-legged fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca bengali]]'' (bengal fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca citrus]]'' (citrus fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca cryptica]]'' <small>(Naderloo, Türkay & Chen, 2010)</small> (cryptic fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca iranica]]'' <small>(Pretzmann, 1971)</small> (iranian fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca lactea]]'' <small>(De Haan, 1835)</small> (milky fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca mjoebergi]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1924)</small> (banana fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca occidentalis]]'' <small>(Naderloo, Schubart & Shih, 2016)</small> (East African fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca perplexa]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|H.Milne Edwards]], 1852)</small> (perplexing fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca sindensis]]'' <small>(Alcock, 1900)</small> (indus fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca triangularis]]'' <small>(A.Milne-Edwards, 1873)</small> (triangular fiddler crab) ** ''[[Austruca variegata]]'' <small>(Heller, 1862)</small> (motley fiddler crab) * ''[[Cranuca]]'' ** ''[[Cranuca inversa]]'' <small> (Hoffmann, 1874)</small> * ''[[Gelasimus]]'' ** ''[[Gelasimus borealis]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> (northern calling fiddler crab) ** ''[[Gelasimus dampieri]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> (dampier's fiddler crab) ** ''[[Gelasimus excisa]]'' (eastern calling fiddler crab) ** ''[[Gelasimus hesperiae]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> (western calling fiddler crab) ** ''[[Gelasimus jocelynae]]'' <small>(Shih, Naruse & Ng, 2010) (jocelyn's fiddler crab)</small><ref name=jocelyn/> ** ''[[Gelasimus neocultrimanus]]'' <small>(Bott, 1973)</small> ** ''[[Gelasimus palustris]]'' <small>Stimpson, 1862</small> ** ''[[Gelasimus pugilator]]'' <small>Stimpson, 1862</small> ** ''[[Gelasimus rubripes]]'' <small>Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846</small> ** ''[[Gelasimus subeylindricus]]'' <small>Stimpson, 1862</small> ** ''[[Gelasimus tetragonon]]'' <small>(Herbst, 1790)</small> (tetragonal fiddler crab) ** ''[[Gelasimus vocans]]'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (calling fiddler crab) ** ''[[Gelasimus vomeris]]'' <small>(McNeill, 1920)</small> (orange-clawed fiddler crab) * ''[[Leptuca]]'' ** ''[[Leptuca batuenta]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (beating fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca beebei]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (Beebe's fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca coloradensis]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1893)</small> (painted fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca crenulata]]'' <small>(Lockington, 1877)</small> (Mexican fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca cumulanta]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1943)</small> (heaping fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca deichmanni]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1935)</small> (Deichmann's fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca dorotheae]]'' <small>(von Hagen, 1968)</small> (Dorothy's fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca festae]]'' <small>(Nobili, 1902)</small> (Festa's fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca helleri]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1902)</small> (Heller's fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca inaequalis]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1935)</small> (uneven fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca latimanus]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1893)</small> (lateral-handed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca leptodactyla]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1898)</small> (thin-fingered fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca limicola]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (Pacific mud fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca musica]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1914)</small> (musical fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca oerstedi]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1904)</small> (aqua fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca panacea]]'' <small>(Novak & Salmon, 1974)</small> (gulf sand fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca pugilator]]'' <small>(Bosc, 1802)</small> (Atlantic sand fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca pygmaea]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (pygmy fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca saltitanta]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (energetic fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca speciosa]]'' <small>(Ives, 1891)</small> (brilliant fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca spinicarpa]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1900)</small> (spiny-wristed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca stenodactylus]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|Milne-Edwards]] & Lucas, 1843)</small> (narrow-fingered fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca subcylindrica]]'' <small>(Stimpson, 1859)</small> (Laguna Madre fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca tallanica]]'' <small>(von Hagen, 1968)</small> (Peruvian fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca tenuipedis]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (slender-legged fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca terpsichores]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (dancing fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca thayeri]]'' <small>M. J. Rathbun, 1900</small> (Atlantic mangrove fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca tomentosa]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (matted fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca umbratila]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (Pacific mangrove fiddler crab) ** ''[[Leptuca uruguayensis]]'' <small>(Nobili, 1901)</small> (Uruguayan fiddler crab) * ''[[Minuca (crab)|Minuca]]'' ** ''[[Minuca argillicola]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (clay fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca brevifrons]]'' <small>(Stimpson, 1860)</small> (narrow-fronted fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca burgersi]]'' <small>(Holthuis, 1967)</small> (burger's fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca ecuadoriensis]]'' <small>(Maccagno, 1928)</small> (Pacific hairback fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca galapagensis]]'' (galápagos fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca herradurensis]]'' <small>(Bott, 1954)</small> (la herradura fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca longisignalis]]'' <small>(Salmon & Atsaides, 1968)</small> (longwave gulf fiddler) ** ''[[Minuca marguerita]]'' <small>(Thurman, 1981)</small> (olmec fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca minax]]'' <small>(Le Conte, 1855)</small> (red-jointed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca mordax]]'' <small>(Smith, 1870)</small> (biting fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca osa]]'' <small>(Landstorfer & Schubart, 2010)</small> (osa fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca pugnax]]'' <small>(S. I. Smith, 1870)</small> (Atlantic marsh fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca rapax]]'' <small>(Smith, 1870)</small> (mudflat fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca umbratila]]'' <small>[[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941</small> (Pacific mangrove fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca victoriana]]'' <small>(von Hagen, 1987)</small> (victorian fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca virens]]'' <small>(Salmon & Atsaides, 1968)</small> (green-banded fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca vocator]]'' <small>(Herbst, 1804)</small> (Atlantic hairback fiddler crab) ** ''[[Minuca zacae]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1941)</small> (lesser Mexican fiddler crab) * ''[[Paraleptuca]]'' ** ''[[Paraleptuca boninensis]]'' <small>(Shih, Komai & Liu, 2013)</small> (bonin islands fiddler crab) ** ''[[Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|H.Milne Edwards]], 1837)</small> (green-eyed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Paraleptuca crassipes]]'' <small>(White, 1847)</small> (thick-legged fiddler crab) ** ''[[Paraleptuca splendida]]'' <small>(Stimpson, 1858)</small> (splendid fiddler crab) * ''[[Petruca]]'' ** ''[[Petruca panamensis]]'' <small>Ng, Shih & Christy, 2015</small> * ''[[Tubuca]]'' ** ''[[Tubuca acuta]]'' <small>(Stimpson, 1858)</small> (acute fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca alcocki]]'' <small>Shih, Chan & Ng, 2018</small> (alcock's fiddler crab)<ref name=Edwards2018/> ** ''[[Tubuca arcuata]]'' <small>(De Haan, 1835)</small> (bowed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca australiae]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> ** ''[[Tubuca bellator]]'' <small>(White, 1847)</small> (belligerent fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca capricornis]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> (capricorn fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca coarctata]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|H.Milne Edwards]], 1852)</small> (compressed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca demani]]'' <small>(Ortmann, 1897)</small> (demanding fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca dussumieri]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|H.Milne Edwards]], 1852)</small> (dussumier's fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca elegans]]'' <small>(George & Jones, 1982)</small> (elegant fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca flammula]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> (flame-backed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca forcipata]]'' <small>(Adams & White, 1849)</small> (forceps fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca hirsutimanus]]'' <small>(George & Jones, 1982)</small> (hairy-handed fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca longidigitum]]'' <small>(Kingsley, 1880)</small> (long-fingered fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca paradussumieri]]'' <small>(Bott, 1973)</small> (spined fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca polita]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> (polished fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca rhizophorae]]'' <small>(Tweedie, 1950)</small> (Asian mangrove fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca rosea]]'' <small>(Tweedie, 1937)</small> (rose fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca seismella]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> (shaking fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca signata]]'' <small>(Hess, 1865)</small> (signaling fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca typhoni]]'' <small>([[Jocelyn Crane|Crane]], 1975)</small> (typhoon fiddler crab) ** ''[[Tubuca urvillei]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|H.Milne Edwards]], 1852)</small> (d'urville's fiddler crab) * ''Uca'' ** †''[[Uca antiqua]]'' <small>Brito, 1972</small> ** ''[[American Red Fiddler Crab|Uca heteropleura]]'' <small>(Smith, 1870)</small> (American Red fiddler crab) ** †''[[Uca inaciobritoi]]'' <small>Martins-Neto, 2001</small> ** ''[[Uca insignis]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|H.Milne Edwards]], 1852)</small> (distinguished fiddler crab) ** ''[[Uca intermedia]]'' <small>von Prahl & Toro, 1985</small> (intermediate fiddler crab) ** ''[[Uca major]]'' <small>Herbst, 1782</small> (greater fiddler crab) ** †''[[Uca marinae]]'' <small>Dominguez-Alonso, 2008</small> ** ''[[Uca maracoani]]'' <small>Latreille 1803</small> (Brazilian fiddler crab) ** ''[[Uca monilifera]]'' <small>Rathbun, 1914</small> (necklaced fiddler crab) ** †''[[Uca nitida]]'' <small>Desmarest, 1822</small> ** †''[[Uca oldroydi]]'' <small>Rathbun, 1926</small> ** ''[[Uca ornata]]'' <small>(Smith, 1870)</small> (ornate fiddler crab) ** ''[[Uca princeps]]'' <small>(Smith, 1870)</small> (large Mexican fiddler crab) ** ''[[Uca stylifera]]'' <small>([[Henri Milne-Edwards|H.Milne Edwards]], 1852)</small> (styled fiddler crab) ** ''[[Uca subcylindrica]]'' <small>Stimpson, 1862</small> (Laguna Madre fiddler) * ''[[Xeruca]]'' ** ''[[Xeruca formosensis]]'' <small>(Rathbun, 1921)</small>
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