Allocleaning in an intertidal ocypodid crab,Macrophthalmus banzai
Allocleaning in an intertidal ocypodid crab,Macrophthalmus banzai
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潮间带巨眼蟹的异体清洁
DOI:
10.1007/bf02350091
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
K. Wada
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Ueda;K. Wada
The ocypodid crabMacrophthalmus banzai often forages on the carapace or walking legs of other conspecific individuals. This behaviour can be classified into 2 types, long cleaning and short cleaning. They are distinguished from each other by the cleaner's approach (slow or quick), duration of cleaning and scoops per bout. Long cleaning was done by a male or a female against a larger crab of either sex. Seasonal and daily frequencies of long cleaning were more or less constant. Immediately before and after a long cleaning, the cleaner was mostly engaged in substratum-feeding. After the cleaning, the recipient tended to return to its own burrow. Short cleaning was done mostly by males against smaller females. Seasonal and daily frequencies of short cleaning exhibited positive correlation with waving display. The cleaner frequently performed waving immediately before cleaning. In addition, short cleaning occurred immediately before surface copulation and before underground pairing of male entry into the female's burrow. These data suggest that the long cleaning is related to feeding and the short cleaning with male courtship.