FiddlerCrabs: Palm Length of Fiddler Crabs

FiddlerCrabsR Documentation

Palm Length of Fiddler Crabs

Description

A data set containing the palm length (chela size) of growing male fiddler crabs as a function of the body size (carapace breadth), both measured in millimeters.

Usage

data(FiddlerCrabs)

Details

A data frame with 19 observations on the following variables.

  • BodySize (in millimeters)

  • PalmLength (in millimeters)

Source

Miller, D.C. Growth in Uca, 1. Ontogeny of Asymmetry in Uca pugilator (Bosc) (Decapoda, Ocypodidae). Crustaceana, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan., 1973), pp. 119-131. Accessed on August 1, 2025.

References

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20101959

Examples

data(FiddlerCrabs)


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