[DOC] [TLE] Fiddler crab - Wikipedia [PAR] A fiddler crab, sometimes known as a calling crab, may be any of approximately 
100 species of ... If the large fiddle claw is lost, males will develop one on the 
opposite side after their ... The movement of the smaller claw from ground to 
mouth during feeding explains the crabs' ... This is an example of dishonest 
signalling. [DOC] [TLE] Fiddler Crabs [PAR] Fiddler crabs are intertidal animals that live in mangrove forests, tidal creeks, 
sandbars, ... The space around the burrow is used for feeding and courting. ... 
Because males have only one small, feeding claw, they feed at half the rate of the 
females. ... We study the mating, fighting, signalling and ecology of the fiddlers in 
their... [DOC] [TLE] Fiddler Crabs [PAR] This crab and his claw is one of West Meadow's great wonders, for literally ... 
Males wave their large claws in order to attract females to the burrow. ... Females 
have two small claws, both of which are used for feeding on the sand and 
scraping organic matter. ... A female sand fiddler crab - note the two small feeding 
claws. [DOC] [TLE] Claw size, waving display and female choice in the European fiddler ... [PAR] Claw size, waving display and female choice in the European fiddler crab, ... 
Fiddler crabs present an accentuated sexual dimorphism wherein males have 
one of ... compared to the other chela or to the two small feeding chelipeds of 
females. ... on the size and elevation (waving posture) of the male large cheliped 
and on... [DOC] [TLE] RIS (text) - Fiddler Crabs [PAR] AU - Abele, Lawrence G. AU - Kim, Won LB - Abele1989 PY - 1989 SP - 1-50 ST - 
The .... Males and females occur in approximately equal numbers in smaller size 
.... T2 - Journal of Comparative Neurology TI - Functional anatomy of the fiddler 
crab .... potential costs of the large claw to male sand fiddler crabs Uca pugilator. [DOC] [TLE] Effects of sexual dimorphism and body size on feeding behaviour of ... [PAR] Mar 4, 2015 ... Additionally, feeding rate of males and females of small and large size ... but 
males have one small feeding claw and another big claw used for ... The fiddler 
crab, Uca bengaliCrane, 1975: population biology and ... Building a dishonest 
signal: the functional basis of unreliable signals of strength in males of... [DOC] [TLE] Effects of sexual dimorphism and body size on feeding behaviour of ... [PAR] Mar 4, 2015 ... Additionally, feeding rate of males and females of small and large size classes ... 
claws but males have one small feeding claw and another big claw used for 
waving and fights. ... on fighting behaviour of the fiddler crab, Uca bengali Crane, 
1975 ..... A Method for Studying the External Anatomy of Copepods. [DOC] [TLE] mangrove fiddler crabs: Topics by WorldWideScience.org [PAR] After losing their large claw male fiddler crabs (Uca annulipes) grow a new one 
which has ... We tested whether: (1) crab density influences propagule predation 
rate; ... However, detailed comparative studies of fiddler crab signal structure and 
... feeding substrate to the burrowing zone of the small crabs proved that they too
... [DOC] [TLE] Functional morphology and bite performance of raptorial chelicerae ... [PAR] These highly active predators utilize their large chelicerae for feeding, defense .... 
Males are smaller in overall body size than females, but have much larger .... 
Table 1. Bite force and linear measurements from specimens used in bite force 
trials .... Unlike fiddler crabs, in which chela size may not be an honest signal of 
pinch... [DOC] [TLE] COMPETITIVE MATING, MATE CHOICE AND MATING ... [PAR] of a classicatory scheme is important as the criteria used to sort species' mating 
... for females and resulting in female choice of large dominant males that may ... 
CHRISTY: COMPETITIVE MATlNG AND MATE CHOICE IN CRABS 1'79 ..... 
courtship signals to attract females to mating sites, as do some fiddler crabs that. [DOC] [TLE] Dolphin social intelligence: complex alliance relationships in ... [PAR] One of the reasons the delphinids have large brains is that they can afford them

Question: Comparative Anatomy:The male fiddler crab's small one is used for feeding; the large for signaling
Answer: Claw