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Gelasimus hesperiae Handedness

Summary

Expected handedness for Gelasimus hesperiae is 95% or more right-handed

Observed handedness (based on raw totals across all data sets) is 94.85% right-handed, 5.15% left-handed

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

handedness data for Gelasimus hesperiae

Data

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ReferenceRight CountLeft CountRight %Left %Notes
Rosenberg (2000)810.8890.111
Jaroensutasinee & Tantichodok (2002)9550.9500.050
Jaroensutasinee & Tantichodok (2002)9730.9700.030
Jaroensutasinee & Tantichodok (2002)3930.9290.071
Barnwell (1982)1610.9410.059
Barnwell (1982)2620.9290.071
Barnwell (1982)310.7500.250
Barnwell (1982)110.5000.500
Barnwell (1982)201.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)101.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)101.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)101.0000.000
Yamaguchi (1994)901.0000.000
Yamaguchi (1994)1010.9090.091These are the Indian Ocean individuals he had under the species Gelasimus vocans
Jaroensutasinee & Jaroensutasinee (2004)7570.9150.085
Davis (1987)7601.0000.000These are labled as Uca vocans