Time constraints and multiple choice criteria in the sampling behaviour and mate choice of the fiddler crab, Uca annulipes

1996 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 407-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. Y. Backwell ◽  
Neville I. Passmore
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Fiddler Crab ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Uca Annulipes

scholarly journals Safe sex: male–female coalitions and pre-copulatory mate-guarding in a fiddler crab

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard N. C. Milner ◽  
Michael D. Jennions ◽  
Patricia R. Y. Backwell
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Fiddler Crab ◽  
Lower Boundary ◽  
Mate Guarding ◽  
Maintenance Costs ◽  
Boundary Maintenance ◽  
Uca Annulipes ◽  
Males And Females

In fiddler crabs both males and females defend territories that are essential for survival. Given pronounced sexual dimorphism in weaponry, how do weaponless females defend their territory from well-armed males? Using observational data and two simple experiments, we test whether male Uca annulipes protect their female neighbours from conspecific intruders. We show that males defend their female neighbours against male but not female intruders. We also show that females sometimes mate with their immediate neighbours. Male defence of female neighbours appears to represent both pre-copulatory mate-guarding and a territorial coalition. Males who ensure that their neighbour remains female could benefit through increased opportunity for future reproductive success and lower boundary maintenance costs.

scholarly journals IDENTIFIKASI JENIS KEPITING BIOLA DI HUTAN MANGROVE DUSUN SETINGGA ASINDESA SEBUBUS KECAMATAN PALOH KABUPATEN SAMBAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edy Kurniawan ◽  
M Sofwan Anwari ◽  
M Dirhamsyah
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Fiddler Crab ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Crab Species ◽  
Fiddler Crabs ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Plot Size ◽  
Uca Annulipes

The fiddler crab is also known as the kepiting biola is an animal that has broad legs that belong to the Crustacean class. Fiddler crab is a type of crab that has a habitat in intertidal areas, especially around mangrove forests and sandy beaches. This study aims to examine the identification of fiddler crab species found in the Mangrove Sebubus. The method used in this research is purposive sampling method with the use of a square plot size of 1 x 1 meter as many as 30 pieces in 3 research lines. The results showed as many as 7 species of fiddler crabs found there, that is Uca annulipes, Uca rosea, Uca forcipata, Uca bellator, Uca tetragonon, Uca paradussumieri, and Uca acuta.Keywords: Identification, Fiddler Crab, Mangrove Sebubus

The Reproductive Behaviour and Mate Choice of the Fiddler Crab (Uca Lactea Lactea) in Mid-Taiwan

Behaviour ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 113 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 292-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-Chen Lin ◽  
Lucia Liu Severinghaus
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Fiddler Crab ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Uca Lactea

scholarly journals Not what it looks like: mate-searching behaviour, mate preferences and clutch production in wandering and territory-holding female fiddler crabs

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 160339 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Peso ◽  
E. Curran ◽  
P. R. Y. Backwell
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Fiddler Crab ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Fiddler Crabs ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
Searching Behaviour ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Predator Behaviour

Risks inherent in mate-searching have led to the assumption that females moving sequentially through populations of courting males are sexually receptive, but this may not be true. We examined two types of fiddler crab females: wanderers moving through the population of courting males and residents that were occupying and defending their own territories. Sometimes residents leave territories to look for new burrows and we simulated this by displacing wanderers and residents and observing their behaviour while wandering. We predicted that the displaced wanderers would exhibit more mate-searching behaviours than resident females. However, wandering and resident females behaved nearly identically, displaying mate-searching behaviours and demonstrating matching mate preferences. Also, males behaved the same way towards both female types and similar proportions of wanderers and residents stayed in a male's burrow to mate. But more wanderers than residents produced egg clutches when choosing a burrow containing a male, suggesting females should be categorized as receptive and non-receptive. Visiting and rejecting several males is not the defining feature of female mate choice. Moving across the mudflat by approaching and leaving a succession of burrows (mostly occupied by males) is an adaptive anti-predator behaviour that is useful in the contexts of mate-searching and territory-searching.

Weapons or mating signals? Claw shape and mate choice in a fiddler crab

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (7) ◽  
pp. 1163-1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Callander ◽  
Andrew T. Kahn ◽  
Tim Maricic ◽  
Michael D. Jennions ◽  
Patricia R. Y. Backwell
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Fiddler Crab ◽  
Mating Signals ◽  
Claw Shape
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