Changes in blood glucose and lactate levels of male fiddler crabs: effects of aggression and claw waving

By M. Matsumasa, M. Murai. 2005

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A functional perspective on sexual selection: insights and future prospects (2006, background): “…has been found to impose only limited costs during fights in male velvet swimming crabs, Necora puber (L.) (Smith & Taylor 1993; Thorpe et al. 1995), but fatigue from anaerobic activity is a limiting factor in aggressive claw waving in male fiddler crabs, Uca lactea (Matsumasa & Murai 2005).”
Costs of bearing a sexually selected ornamental weapon in a fiddler crab (2007, background): “…behaviours (e.g. burrow construction and maintenance, sexual display) also appear to require extended submaximal effort (Crane 1975; Backwell et al. 1995; Jennions & Backwell 1998; Matsumasa & Murai 2005), suggesting that the major claw represents a significant encumbrance to sexually mature males.”
Female mate choice based upon male motor performance (2010, background): “In Uca perplexa, video analyses revealed that subtle differences in male movements influence female choice.”
A conspicuous courtship signal in the fiddler crab Uca perplexa: female choice based on display structure (2006, background): “However, waving in U. perplexa is a costly signal (Matsumasa and Murai 2005).”