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Gelasimus jocelynae Handedness

Summary

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

Observed handedness (based on raw totals across all data sets) is 97.21% right-handed, 2.79% left-handed

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

handedness data for Gelasimus jocelynae

Data

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ReferenceRight CountLeft CountRight %Left %Notes
Takeda & Yamaguchi (1973)554130.9770.023
Barnwell (1982)4440.9170.083The counts in Table 1 for Uca vocans pacificensis (i.e., Gelasimus jocelynae and Gelasimus excisa) do not add up to the totals presented in Table 2, specificlaly, Table 2 lists 10 more right-handed individuals than are listed in Table 1. This is presumably a typo.
Barnwell (1982)901.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)2501.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)401.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)2420.9230.077
Barnwell (1982)101.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)301.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)1601.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)101.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)030.0001.000
Barnwell (1982)610.8570.143
Barnwell (1982)401.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)24230.9880.012
Barnwell (1982)23270.9710.029
Barnwell (1982)3020.9380.063
Barnwell (1982)2110.9550.045
Barnwell (1982)2501.0000.000
Barnwell (1982)1001.0000.000
Yamaguchi (1994)201.0000.000These are the Indonesian individuals he had under the species neocultrima