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Sex, size and colour in a semi-terrestrial crab, Heloecius cordiformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Date

Authors

Detto, Tanya

Zeil, Jochen

Magrath, Robert D

Hunt, Sarah

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We investigated the relationship between sex, size and colour in the little studied Australian endemic semaphore crab, Heloecius cordiformis, and related it to the crabs' social system with the aim of identifying the potential signalling function of claw

Keywords

Keywords: body size; color; crab; display behavior; morphometry; sex-related difference; signaling; social behavior; Australasia; Australia; Crustacea; Decapoda (Crustacea); Heloecius; Heloecius cordiformis; Ocypodidae Body colours; Crustacea; Heloecius; Morphometrics; Ocypodidae

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/78374

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jembe.2003.09.023

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