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Video Index

Most of these videos predate digital video (let alone HD) and were recorded on Hi8 tape. Hopefully they will eventually be replaced by higher quality video. These are grouped by activity. Videos for specific species can be found on the individual species' page.

Total video count is 88

Feeding

Male Leptuca batuenta feeding
17 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca batuenta feeding
29 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca batuenta feeding
10 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Closeup of male Leptuca beebei feeding
36 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male and female Leptuca deichmanni feeding
35 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni feeding
32 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Closeup of male Minuca ecuadoriensis feeding
23 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Closeup of male Minuca ecuadoriensis feeding
24 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca festae feeding
37 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male and female Leptuca inaequalis feeding
50 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Female Uca stylifera feeding (with Leptuca beebei in fore- and background)
19 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis feeding
22 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis feeding
27 sec., 352 × 240, MP4

Male Waving and Other Displays

Male Leptuca batuenta waving (surrounded by miscellaneous other species)
26 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca batuenta waving
12 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca beebei waving
22 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni in front of stick, male Leptuca beebei behind stick, both waving
46 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni waving
25 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni feeding and waving
39 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni waving
55 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Small male Minuca ecuadoriensis waving
27 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Long shot of male Minuca ecuadoriensis waving
35 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Many male Leptuca festae waving
4:09 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca festae waving
57 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Minuca herradurensis waving, partly blocked by grass
1:19 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca heteropleura waving
7 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca heteropleura waving
1:03 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca inaequalis waving
25 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca inaequalis waving
19 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca inaequalis waving
37 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca intermedia waving
24 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Multiple male Uca intermedia waving
25 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Multiple male Uca intermedia waving
27 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca intermedia waving
1:54 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca oerstedi waving
3:57 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca oerstedi waving (surrounded by miscellaneous species)
48 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca ornata waving (Leptuca beebei in background)
42 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca ornata waving (Leptuca beebei in background)
1:23 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca ornata waving (Leptuca beebei in background)
1:04 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca ornata waving, despite missing his major cheliped
52 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca ornata waving (Leptuca beebei in background)
6:15 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Multiple male Petruca panamensis waving
27 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Multiple male Petruca panamensis waving, female (hidden on right) feeding
59 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Petruca panamensis waving
50 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Multiple male Petruca panamensis waving
1:38 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca princeps waving
1:26 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca princeps waving (Leptuca beebei in background)
3:13 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca saltitanta waving and drumming
1:37 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca saltitanta waving
35 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca saltitanta waving
1:47 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca saltitanta waving and drumming (toward end of clip)
32 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca stenodactylus waving
37 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca stenodactylus waving
37 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca stylifera waving
29 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca stylifera waving
40 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis waving (with Leptuca inaequalis)
31 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis waving (with Leptuca inaequalis)
44 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca tenuipedis waving (with Leptuca batuenta)
54 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores waving
21 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores waving
34 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores waving
33 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores waving
40 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores waving by hood
24 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores waving
1:26 min., 352 × 240, MP4

Female Display

Female Leptuca stenodactylus rejection display
50 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Female Leptuca stenodactylus rejection display, with attempted male herding
1:18 min., 352 × 240, MP4

Fighting

Interspecific agression between male Leptuca batuenta (on right) and male Leptuca saltitanta (on left)
23 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca beebei waving and fighting (Uca stylifera in foreground at start of clip)
55 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca beebei waving and fighting
57 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca beebei waving with small fight
35 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca deichmanni fighting, with two flips/throws
14 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca stylifera fighting
40 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Uca stylifera waving and fighting
2:27 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores displaying, with quick grab and throw (~36 sec. into clip)
58 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores fighting
1:05 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca terpsichores fighting
18 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male and female Austruca occidentalis (labeled Uca annulipes albimana) on mud banks in the estuary of the Mtwapa-Creek near Mombasa (Kenya) performing various activities: feeding by males and females, fighting and waving by the males, etc.
8:48 min., 768 × 576, MP4

Mating

Surface mating in Leptuca inaequalis
3:51 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Surface mating in Uca stylifera
1:42 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Surface mating in Uca stylifera
2:03 min., 352 × 240, MP4
Surface mating (close up)
4:28 min., 1920 × 1080, MP4
Surface mating
1:47 min., 1920 × 1080, MP4

Miscellaneous

Male Minuca argillicola feeding outside of burrow
37 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Minuca argillicola retreating into burrow
14 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Minuca argillicola feeding outside of burrow
25 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Male Leptuca beebei evicts female from burrow, then digs a bit to make it larger
59 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Gravid female Leptuca deichmanni digging and moving mudballs
34 sec., 352 × 240, MP4
Female search interrupted by predator as a male unsuccesfully tries to ward off an attack by a mudskipper.
2:05 min., 1920 × 1080, MP4