Ladies First: Coerced Mating in a Fiddler Crab. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 In some species males increase their reproductive success by forcing females to copulate with them, usually by grasping the female or pinning her to the ground to prevent her from escaping.
Christina J Painting +5 more
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Handedness in fiddler crab fights [PDF]
Animal Behaviour, 2015 Asymmetric weapons are common in bilateral animals and, in some species, they can occur on either the left- or the right-hand side of the body (lateralization). Fiddler crabs (Uca spp, Decapoda: Ocypodidae) have an enlarged claw that is used in male–male
Backwell, P. R. Y. +3 more
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A spatially explicit model of synchronization in fiddler crab waving displays. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Fiddler crabs (Uca spp., Decapoda: Ocypodidae) are commonly found forming large aggregations in intertidal zones, where they perform rhythmic waving displays with their greatly enlarged claws.
Sabrina Borges Lino Araujo +3 more
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Behavioral patterns of two fiddler crab species Uca rapax and Uca tangeri in a seminatural mangrove system. [PDF]
Zoo Biol, 2019 Zoos increasingly transform their exhibitions from traditional one‐species enclosures to more natural exhibits, that is, environments that capture part of an ecosystem including a selection of animals and plants that occur there.
van Himbeeck RAF +3 more
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Booklet development based on research identification of fiddler crab (Uca spp.) diversity in mangrove ecosystem [PDF]
JPBI (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2018 The purpose of this development study is to develop research-based booklet for the identification of fiddler crab (Uca spp.) diversity. Some people do not yet know the ecological benefits of fiddler crabs.
Ajizatunnisa Ajizatunnisa +3 more
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Eat Better to Look Better: The Relationship between Food Availability, UV Brightness of the Major Claw, and Mating Success of the Fiddler Crab Austruca lactea. [PDF]
Zool Stud, 2022 Li KC, Chen YS, Lin WC, Lin HC.
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Choosing a mate in a high predation environment: Female preference in the fiddler crab Uca terpsichores. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2016 The interplay between a receiver's sensory system and a sender's courtship signals is fundamental to the operation of sexual selection. Male courtship signals that match a female receiver's preexisting perceptual biases can be favored yet the message ...
Perez DM, Christy JH, Backwell PRY.
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Metabolic rates of different demographics in the sand fiddler crab Leptuca pugilator. [PDF]
PLoS ONEStudies on animal energetics often focus on standardized metabolic rates to facilitate comparison across systems. Yet these standardized measurements often do not capture the realistic demographic and environmental variation that is common in natural ...
Carter Stancil +4 more
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Fiddler Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) From Coastal Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: Species Descriptions and DNA Barcodes [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionNeotropical regions near the equator are recognized as speciation “hot spots” reflecting their abundant biodiversity. In western South America, the coasts of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, the Galápagos Archipelago, and northern Peru form the Tropical ...
Carl L. Thurman +3 more
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A New Fiddler Crab of Austruca Bott, 1973, Closely Related to A. perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1852) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae), from the South Pacific Islands. [PDF]
Zool Stud, 2020 Shih HT, Poupin J.
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