Male crabs of a species named after actor David Hasselhoff grow bigger claws than females so they can fight each other for a ...

“This could be because the Costa Rica yeti crabs may be using their claws – which are longer and hairier than those of the ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species ...

or females have to divert their growth energy for reproduction." The team compared The Hoff crab with another yeti crab found off Costa Rica, which does not show difference claw sizes between the ...

Male crabs of a species named after actor David Hasselhoff grow bigger claws than females so they ... male is forced to guard the mate, or females have to divert their growth energy for reproduction." ...

or perhaps there is some other factor at play that we have yet to discover. “We don’t yet know if these claw sex differences are the norm for the yeti crab family, or an exception. But the ...

135 specimens from the East Scotia Ridge in the Scotia Sea were examined, and the team found the male Hoff crabs have oversized claws compared to females of similar size – indicative of faster ...