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Austruca annulipes Handedness

Summary

Expected handedness for Austruca annulipes is 50% right-handed and 50% left-handed

Observed handedness (based on raw totals across all data sets) is 49.93% right-handed, 50.07% left-handed

The following figure displays the left and right counts for each individual data set.

handedness data for Austruca annulipes

Data

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ReferenceRight CountLeft CountRight %Left %Notes
Rosenberg (2000)430.5710.429
Yamaguchi (1994)1441270.5310.469These are the non-African individuals he had under the species Austruca annulipes
Jaroensutasinee & Jaroensutasinee (2004)3423420.5000.500
Davis (1987)132813390.4980.502
Davis (1987)59710.4540.546Author labels these as Uca lactea, but implies these are from India, which also make them Austruca annulipes