Skip to main content

Table 1 List of species sampled and collection sites for the crabs used in this study

From: Evolutionary variation in the mechanics of fiddler crab claws

Species

N

Collection site

Mass (g)

Mass (g)

Carapace width

   

total

major claw

(mm)

Uca argillicola

14

Diablo Heights, Panama

1.04 ± 0.59

0.27 ±0.20

12.62 ± 2.44

Uca batuenta

10

Rodman, Panama

0.25 ±0.07

0.05 ±0.02

7.35 ± 0.68

Uca beebei

20

Rodman, Panama

0.64 ± 0.11

0.14 ± 0.03

10.37 ±0.61

Uca deichmanni

20

Rodman, Panama

0.41 ± 0.09

0.09 ±0.03

9.03 ± 0.74

Uca galapagensis

11

Diablo Heights, Panama

0.54 ± 0.2

0.10 ±0.07

10.35 ±1.25

Uca herradurensis

25

Diablo Heights, Panama

1.89 ± 0.66

0.42 ±0.18

16.14 ± 1.89

Uca heteropleura

16

Rodman, Panama

2.28 ± 1.01

0.39 ± 0.2

17.64 ± 2.28

Uca inaequalis

13

Rodman, Panama

0.26 ± 0.08

0.05 ± 0.02

7.37 ± 0.70

Uca intermedia

7

Rodman, Panama

3.35 ± 0.61

0.58 ± 0.16

20.09 ± 1.28

Uca leptodactyla

8

Galeta, Panama

0.34 ± 0.09

0.08 ± 0.03

8.76 ± 0.70

Uca minax

15

Commercial vendor

4.97 ±2.12

1.50 ± 0.84

22.88 ±3.35

Uca oerstedi

14

Rodman, Panama

1.17 ± 0.30

0.17 ± 0.06

12.46 ± 1.00

Uca panamensis

15

Naos, Panama

2.45 ± 0.63

0.67 ± 0.25

16.82 ± 1.44

Uca pugilator

13

Panacea, Florida, USA

1.55 ± 0.45

0.26 ± 0.09

14.84 ± 1.43

Uca rapax

15

Galeta, Panama

1.43 ±0.48

0.32 ± 0.15

14.67 ± 1.46

Uca saltitanta

15

Rodman, Panama

0.39 ± 0.07

0.09 ± 0.02

8.08 ± 0.54

Uca stenodactylus

20

Rodman, Panama

0.88 ± 0.15

0.19 ± 0.04

11.65 ± 0.60

Uca stylifera

14

Rodman, Panama

8.38 ± 2.77

1.48 ± 0.62

26.04 ± 2.97

Uca terpsichores

20

Rodman, Panama

0.49 ± 0.07

0.08 ± 0.02

9.93 ± 0.54

Uca umbratila

11

Diablo Heights, Panama

3.95 ± 1.83

0.74 ± 0.47

19.38 ± 3.02

Uca virens

12

Panacea, Florida, USA

0.91 ± 0.62

0.12 ± 0.14

12.46 ± 2.50

  1. The total weight, claw weight, and carapace width was averaged within each species and is given with its corresponding standard deviation.