Colouration and Colour Changes of the Fiddler Crab, Uca capricornis: A Descriptive Study

Tanya Detto; Jan M. Hemmi; Patricia R. Y. Backwell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001629

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Colouration and Colour Changes of the Fiddler Crab, Uca capricornis: A Descriptive Study

Tanya Detto ,

*E-mail: tanya.detto@anu.edu.au

Affiliations Centre for Visual Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Jan M. Hemmi,

Affiliations Centre for Visual Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre for Excellence in Vision Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Patricia R. Y. Backwell

Affiliation School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Colouration and Colour Changes of the Fiddler Crab, Uca capricornis: A Descriptive Study

Tanya Detto,
Jan M. Hemmi,
Patricia R. Y. Backwell

Published: February 20, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001629

About the Authors

Tanya Detto

*E-mail: tanya.detto@anu.edu.au

Affiliations Centre for Visual Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Jan M. Hemmi

Affiliations Centre for Visual Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre for Excellence in Vision Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Patricia R. Y. Backwell

Affiliation School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD. Performed the experiments: TD PB. Analyzed the data: JH TD PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH TD PB. Wrote the paper: JH TD PB.

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