The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab

Autores
Ribeiro, Pablo Damián; Farias, Nahuel Emiliano; Ocampo, Emiliano Hernan; Nuñez, Jesus Dario; Luppi, Tomas Atilio
Año de publicación
2024
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Male fiddler crabs own an enlarged claw which is a weapon and an ornament. The enlargement of this claw begins from the juvenile stage and continues throughout life. Males may voluntarily lose (i.e. autotomise) this claw. After several moults males may regenerate a new claw, called leptochelous, which acquires a similar length but a lower muscle mass area than the original one, called brachychelous. In some species, regenerated claws develop permanently as leptochelous, the population having two discrete claw morphologies. Other species present morphological variations with leptochelous and brachychelous being two ends of a continuum. In the species Leptuca uruguayensis, we studied the morphological variation of this enlarged claw, whether it may be caused by its regeneration at different male sizes, and its consequences on mating success. We found that claws could not be discriminated as discrete morphs, suggesting a morphological continuum from brachychelous to leptochelous. Regenerated claws in the laboratory were initially small and proportional to body size, while a field experiment confirmed that claw size is recovered after several moults. Morphological variation may be caused by energetic limitations where males of different sizes must differently trade-off between restitution of claw length (ornament function) or claw muscle area (weapon function). Fiddler crabs use two mating tactics with different levels of female choice. However, regardless of the mating tactic, leptochelous males were at a disadvantage at high densities, while not at low densities, suggesting that the consequences of autotomy and regeneration on mating success may depend on the social context.
Fil: Ribeiro, Pablo Damián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Farias, Nahuel Emiliano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Ocampo, Emiliano Hernan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Nuñez, Jesus Dario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Luppi, Tomas Atilio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
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MULTIFUNCTION TRAIT
CLAW ALLOMETRY
LEPTUCA URUGUAYENSIS
SEXUAL SELECTION
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spelling The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crabRibeiro, Pablo DamiánFarias, Nahuel EmilianoOcampo, Emiliano HernanNuñez, Jesus DarioLuppi, Tomas AtilioMULTIFUNCTION TRAITCLAW ALLOMETRYLEPTUCA URUGUAYENSISSEXUAL SELECTIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Male fiddler crabs own an enlarged claw which is a weapon and an ornament. The enlargement of this claw begins from the juvenile stage and continues throughout life. Males may voluntarily lose (i.e. autotomise) this claw. After several moults males may regenerate a new claw, called leptochelous, which acquires a similar length but a lower muscle mass area than the original one, called brachychelous. In some species, regenerated claws develop permanently as leptochelous, the population having two discrete claw morphologies. Other species present morphological variations with leptochelous and brachychelous being two ends of a continuum. In the species Leptuca uruguayensis, we studied the morphological variation of this enlarged claw, whether it may be caused by its regeneration at different male sizes, and its consequences on mating success. We found that claws could not be discriminated as discrete morphs, suggesting a morphological continuum from brachychelous to leptochelous. Regenerated claws in the laboratory were initially small and proportional to body size, while a field experiment confirmed that claw size is recovered after several moults. Morphological variation may be caused by energetic limitations where males of different sizes must differently trade-off between restitution of claw length (ornament function) or claw muscle area (weapon function). Fiddler crabs use two mating tactics with different levels of female choice. However, regardless of the mating tactic, leptochelous males were at a disadvantage at high densities, while not at low densities, suggesting that the consequences of autotomy and regeneration on mating success may depend on the social context.Fil: Ribeiro, Pablo Damián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Farias, Nahuel Emiliano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Ocampo, Emiliano Hernan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Nuñez, Jesus Dario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Luppi, Tomas Atilio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab
title The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab
spellingShingle The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab
Ribeiro, Pablo Damián
MULTIFUNCTION TRAIT
CLAW ALLOMETRY
LEPTUCA URUGUAYENSIS
SEXUAL SELECTION
title_short The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab
title_full The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab
title_fullStr The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab
title_full_unstemmed The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab
title_sort The influence of the post-autotomy regeneration of a sexual trait and mating tactics in a fiddler crab
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ribeiro, Pablo Damián
Farias, Nahuel Emiliano
Ocampo, Emiliano Hernan
Nuñez, Jesus Dario
Luppi, Tomas Atilio
author Ribeiro, Pablo Damián
author_facet Ribeiro, Pablo Damián
Farias, Nahuel Emiliano
Ocampo, Emiliano Hernan
Nuñez, Jesus Dario
Luppi, Tomas Atilio
author_role author
author2 Farias, Nahuel Emiliano
Ocampo, Emiliano Hernan
Nuñez, Jesus Dario
Luppi, Tomas Atilio
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv MULTIFUNCTION TRAIT
CLAW ALLOMETRY
LEPTUCA URUGUAYENSIS
SEXUAL SELECTION
topic MULTIFUNCTION TRAIT
CLAW ALLOMETRY
LEPTUCA URUGUAYENSIS
SEXUAL SELECTION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Male fiddler crabs own an enlarged claw which is a weapon and an ornament. The enlargement of this claw begins from the juvenile stage and continues throughout life. Males may voluntarily lose (i.e. autotomise) this claw. After several moults males may regenerate a new claw, called leptochelous, which acquires a similar length but a lower muscle mass area than the original one, called brachychelous. In some species, regenerated claws develop permanently as leptochelous, the population having two discrete claw morphologies. Other species present morphological variations with leptochelous and brachychelous being two ends of a continuum. In the species Leptuca uruguayensis, we studied the morphological variation of this enlarged claw, whether it may be caused by its regeneration at different male sizes, and its consequences on mating success. We found that claws could not be discriminated as discrete morphs, suggesting a morphological continuum from brachychelous to leptochelous. Regenerated claws in the laboratory were initially small and proportional to body size, while a field experiment confirmed that claw size is recovered after several moults. Morphological variation may be caused by energetic limitations where males of different sizes must differently trade-off between restitution of claw length (ornament function) or claw muscle area (weapon function). Fiddler crabs use two mating tactics with different levels of female choice. However, regardless of the mating tactic, leptochelous males were at a disadvantage at high densities, while not at low densities, suggesting that the consequences of autotomy and regeneration on mating success may depend on the social context.
Fil: Ribeiro, Pablo Damián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Farias, Nahuel Emiliano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Ocampo, Emiliano Hernan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Nuñez, Jesus Dario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Luppi, Tomas Atilio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
description Male fiddler crabs own an enlarged claw which is a weapon and an ornament. The enlargement of this claw begins from the juvenile stage and continues throughout life. Males may voluntarily lose (i.e. autotomise) this claw. After several moults males may regenerate a new claw, called leptochelous, which acquires a similar length but a lower muscle mass area than the original one, called brachychelous. In some species, regenerated claws develop permanently as leptochelous, the population having two discrete claw morphologies. Other species present morphological variations with leptochelous and brachychelous being two ends of a continuum. In the species Leptuca uruguayensis, we studied the morphological variation of this enlarged claw, whether it may be caused by its regeneration at different male sizes, and its consequences on mating success. We found that claws could not be discriminated as discrete morphs, suggesting a morphological continuum from brachychelous to leptochelous. Regenerated claws in the laboratory were initially small and proportional to body size, while a field experiment confirmed that claw size is recovered after several moults. Morphological variation may be caused by energetic limitations where males of different sizes must differently trade-off between restitution of claw length (ornament function) or claw muscle area (weapon function). Fiddler crabs use two mating tactics with different levels of female choice. However, regardless of the mating tactic, leptochelous males were at a disadvantage at high densities, while not at low densities, suggesting that the consequences of autotomy and regeneration on mating success may depend on the social context.
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