---
title: "Mud Fiddler Crab"
description: "Minuca pugnax — Other animals. Minuca pugnax, commonly known as the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab that lives on north-western shores of the Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mud-fiddler-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mud Fiddler Crab

> Minuca pugnax — Other animals. Minuca pugnax, commonly known as the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab that lives on north-western shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Minuca pugnax*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 4998
- iNaturalist taxon: [555970](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/555970)

## Names

- en: Mud Fiddler Crab

## Countries with the most observations

US (3767)

## Summary

Minuca pugnax, commonly known as the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab that lives on north-western shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuca_pugnax

## Photo

![Mud Fiddler Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mud-fiddler-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tim Kirsten · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160609514

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mud-fiddler-crab?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).