Size dimorphism and the mating system in horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemis L.

Loveland, Robert E.; Botton, Mark L.

doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(05)80586-x

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“…Female crabs typically arrive at the spawning beach each with a male attached to her posterior opisthosomal spines (Cohen and Brockmann 1983;Loveland and Botton 1992;Brockmann 2003a;Shuster 1982). In addition, unattached males come to the shore and gather around nesting pairs as satellites (Cohen and Brockmann 1983;Brockmann and Penn 1992).…”

Section: Matingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, unattached males come to the shore and gather around nesting pairs as satellites (Cohen and Brockmann 1983;Brockmann and Penn 1992). Males in amplexus do not differ in size from unattached males, but they are in better condition, more active, have a higher sperm concentration, remain attached longer and probably are younger (more recently molted into the adult) than satellite males (Cohen and Brockmann 1983;Brockmann and Penn 1992;Loveland and Botton 1992;Brockmann 2002;Duffy et al 2006;Sasson et al 2012). Satellite males are rare in some populations, including the Florida Atlantic and the northern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula including Chuburná and Chabihau (unpublished data J. Gutiérrez and J. Zaldívar-Rae, Anáhuac Mayab University).…”

Section: Matingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Operational sex ratios (OSR), which are the observed ratios for spawning horseshoe crabs, are typically male biased (Cohen and Brockmann 1983;Loveland and Botton 1992;Brockmann and Smith 2009;Mattei et al 2010;Beekey and Mattei 2015). Unattached males return to the beach more frequently than females, creating male-biased OSR and male-male competition for mates (Rudloe 1980;Brockmann 1990;Smith et al 2002aSmith et al , 2010Brockmann and Smith 2009;Brockmann and Johnson 2011).…”

Section: Matingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conservation status of the American horseshoe crab, (Limulus polyphemus): a regional assessment

Smith

Brockmann

Beekey³

et al. 2016

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

106

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Section: Matingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Matingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Matingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conservation status of the American horseshoe crab, (Limulus polyphemus): a regional assessment

Smith

Brockmann

Beekey³

et al. 2016

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

106

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“…In addition, unattached males also come onto shore looking to find mates [16]. Sometimes, a single female may have numerous satellite males trailing behind her within her spawning group [17,18]. Satellite males show nonrandom distributions around the females, as unattached males appear to be preferentially attracted to some females over others [19].…”

Section: Life Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

Horseshoe Crab: A Biogem of the Estuarine Ecosystem

Banerjee¹,

Mitra²

2017

MOJBM

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Conservation of horseshoe crab is currently done by several ecological and biotechnological approaches. The species is considered a multiple-use resource, as it plays an important role as bait in a commercial fishery, as a source of an important biomedical product, as an important food source for multiple species of migratory shorebirds, as well as in several other minor, but important, uses. Concern has arisen that horseshoe crabs may be declining in number. In this report we have discussed the general biology, ecology, and population status of the horseshoe crab species inhabiting the shore of Chandipur (Orissa). We have also discussed the role played by the species in the commercial fishery, in the biomedical industry, as well as for the shorebirds. An account of the strategy of horseshoe crab conservation is also included in context to establishment of fish landing station at Chandipur (Orissa).

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“…the damsel- Nonmating Mating fly Enallagma hageni (Fincke, 1988), the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus (Loveland & Botton, 1992), and the crickets Giyllus integer (Cade & Cade, 1992) and G. firinus (Roff & Fairbairn, 1993).…”

Section: Somatic and Gonadal Conditionsmentioning

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Somatic condition determines female mating frequency in a field population of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

Martín-Alganza¹,

López-León

Cabrero

et al. 1997

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Mating pairs and nonmating individuals of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans were collected in a natural population during the 1992 season, in order to determine whether sexual preferences of males and females are correlated with various morphological and physiological characters. These included condition based on body size and somatic and gonadal weight. A comparison of frequency distributions for these characters between the two types of individuals showed that mating frequency (the probability of being sampled while mating) was independent of the characters measured in males but was highly significantly dependent on somatic condition in females. Mating females showed a better somatic condition (defined as the residuals of the regression of somatic weight on body size) than nonmating ones. The implications of this finding in shaping the polygynandrous mating system of this species are discussed.

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Size dimorphism and the mating system in horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemis L.

Cited by 39 publications

References 22 publications

Conservation status of the American horseshoe crab, (Limulus polyphemus): a regional assessment

Conservation status of the American horseshoe crab, (Limulus polyphemus): a regional assessment

Horseshoe Crab: A Biogem of the Estuarine Ecosystem

Somatic condition determines female mating frequency in a field population of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

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