<![CDATA[The objective of the present study was to analyze the morphometrics variation of three male fiddler crab species collected from Jaboi mangrove area, Weh island, Indonesia. A total of 50 male fiddler crab species from each species (Tubuca dussumieri, Gelasimus vocans and Austruca perplexa) were collected from three research station used digging method and direct capture. The number of morphological characters that measured was 18 characters. The water quality and soil parameters observed were salinity, pH of water and soil, water temperature, C-organic concentration in substrate and sediment type. ANOVA (confidence interval of 95%) and Discriminant Function Analysis was used for analizing the morphometric variation beetwen species. The results showed that the mangrove area of Jaboi, Weh island provides a suitable habitat characteristic for male fiddler crab. Tubuca dussumieri and Gelasius vocans tend distributed in the area with sediment type of mud, while Austruca perplexa tends distributed in the area with sediment type of sand. The result of statistical analysis showed that there were ten separate characters between Tubuca dussumieri and Gelasimus vocans, 17 separate characters between Tubtubuca dussumieri and Austruca perplexa, and 13 separate characters between Gelasimus vocans and Austruca perplexa. Morphometrics variation can be observed in the carapace, propodus, mouth, walking legs, and eye stalks.Keywords:Morphometric variationCarapacs lengthBig propudusSmall propudusWalking legsABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui variasi morfometrik tiga jenis kepiting biola jantan yang ditangkap di kawasan mangrove Jaboi Pulau Weh, Indonesia. Sebanyak 50 ekor kepiting biola jantan dari masing masing jenis (Tubuca dussumieri, Gelasimus vocans dan Austruca perplexa) dikoleksi dari tiga titik stasiun penelitian menggunakan metode digging dan pengambilan langsung. Jumlah karakter morfometrik kepiting jantan yang diukur adalah sebanyak 18 karakter. Parameter kualitas air dan tanah yang diukur meliputi salinitas, pH air, pH tanah, suhu air, kandungan C-organik subtrat dan tipe sedimen. Analisis terhadap data morfometrik dilakukan menggunakan ANOVA (selang kepercayaan 95%) dan Discriminant Function Analysis. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa kawasan mangrove Jaboi, Pulau Weh memiliki karakteristik habitat yang sesuai bagi kepiting biola. Tubuca dussumieri dan Gelasimus vocans cenderung terdistribusi pada wilayah dengan persentase tipe sedimen lumpur yang lebih tinggi, sementara Austruca perplexa cenderung terdistribusi pada wilayah dengan persentase tipe sedimen pasir yang lebih tinggi. Hasil analisis statistik menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 10 karakter pembeda antara Tubuca dussumieri dengan Gelasimus vocans, 17 karakter pembeda antara Tubtubuca dussumieri dengan Austruca perplexa dan 13 karakter pembeda antara Gelasimus vocans dengan Austruca perplexa. Variasi morfometrik tersebut dapat terlihat pada bagian karapas, capit, mulut, kaki gerak dan tangkai mata.Kata kunci:Variasi morfometrikPanjang karapasCapit besarCapit kecilKaki gerak]]>
