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Tubuca bellator Handedness

Summary

Expected handedness for Tubuca bellator is 50% right-handed and 50% left-handed

Observed handedness (based on raw totals across all data sets) is 45.24% right-handed, 54.76% left-handed

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

handedness data for Tubuca bellator

Data

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ReferenceRight CountLeft CountRight %Left %Notes
Rosenberg (2000)420.6670.333
Yamaguchi (1994)040.0001.000This was listed as Uca forceps
Yamaguchi (1994)15170.4690.531The "subspecies" were only listed in the details, not the primary table