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| Fiddler crab Temporal range: Early Miocene-recent[1]
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| Red-jointed fiddler crab (Minuca minax) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Ocypodoidea |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
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The fiddler crab or calling crab may be any of more than one hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae,[2] well known for their sexually dimorphic claws; the males' major claw is much larger than the minor claw, while the females' claws are both the same size.[3] A smaller number of ghost crab and mangrove crab species are also found in the family Ocypodidae. This entire group is composed of small crabs, the largest being slightly over two inches (5 cm) across. Fiddler crabs are found along sea beaches and brackish intertidal mud flats, lagoons, swamps, and various other types of brackish or salt-water wetlands.
Like all crabs, fiddler crabs shed their shells as they grow. If they have lost legs or claws during their present growth cycle, a new one will be present when they molt. If the large fiddle claw is lost, males will develop one on the same side after their next molt.[4] Newly molted crabs are very vulnerable because of their soft shells. They are reclusive and hide until the new shell hardens.
In a controlled laboratory setting, fiddler crabs exhibit a constant circadian rhythm that mimics the ebb and flow of the tides: they turn dark during the day and light at night.[5]
- ^ "Uca Leach 1814 (fiddler crab)". PBDB.
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Rosenberg2019was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Levinton, J. S., Judge, M. L., and Kurdziel, J. P., 1995, Functional differences between the major and minor claws of fiddler crabs (Uca, family Ocypodidae, order Decapoda, Subphylum Crustacea): A result of selection or developmental constraint?: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 193, p. 147-160.
- ^ Weis, Judith S (2019-04-01). "On the Other Hand: The Myth of Fiddler Crab Claw Reversal". BioScience. 69 (4): 244–246. doi:10.1093/biosci/biz011. ISSN 0006-3568.
- ^ Smith, Thomas; Smith, Robert (2012). Elements of Ecology (8 ed.). San Francisco: Pearson Benjamin Cummings. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-321-73607-9.
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