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ArticleCurrent zoology2025

Claw coloration in the fiddler crab

Zackary A Graham, Jônatas de Jesus Florentino, Samuel P Smithers, João C T Menezes, José Eduardo de Carvalho, Alexandre V Palaoro

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Zackary A GrahamDepartment of Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Zoo Science, West Liberty University, 208 University Drive, West Liberty, WV 26074, USA.
Jônatas de Jesus FlorentinoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, n 321, Trav. 14, Butantã District, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil.
Samuel P SmithersDepartment of Psychology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
João C T MenezesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, n 321, Trav. 14, Butantã District, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil.
José Eduardo de CarvalhoDepartamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua São Nicolau, n 210, Centro District, Diadema, SP 09972-270, Brazil.
Alexandre V PalaoroPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, n 321, Trav. 14, Butantã District, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8629-0728

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Abstract

Sexual selection is thought to play a major role in the evolution of color due to the correlation between a signaler's physiological state and the displayed color. As such, researchers often investigate how color correlates to the quality of the signaler. However, research on the relationship between color and individual quality is often taxonomically limited and researchers typically investigate how color phenotypes relate to one index of quality, such as a linear measure of body size. Here, we investigated the relationship among body size, claw size, claw muscle mass, lipid content, and the color of the claw in male fiddler crabs (

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animal colorationanimal communicationanimal signalsDecapodanon-indicator sexual signalsexual selection

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