TABLE 1. Details of the individual Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) specimens used in tumbling trials for this study. 0 indicates the individual did not have a rhizocephalan parasite, 1 indicates the individual hosted a rhizocephalan parasite.
| Trial | Specimen ID |
Sex | Parasite Presence |
Carapace Width (cm) |
Medial Length (cm) |
| Preliminary | T3 | male | 0 | 13.8 | 5.9 |
| T4 | male | 0 | 12.4 | 5.5 | |
| 1 | P1 | female | 1 | 4.8 | 2.5 |
| H1 | male | 0 | 16.2 | 6.9 | |
| 2 | P2 | female | 1 | 5.5 | 2.6 |
| H2 | female | 0 | 14.8 | 6.4 | |
| 3 | P3 | female | 1 | 7.4 | 3.1 |
| H3 | female | 0 | 14 | 6.5 | |
| 4 | P4 | female | 1 | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| H4 | male | 0 | 6.5 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | P5 | female | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| H5 | male | 0 | 8.5 | 4 | |
| 6 | P6 | female | 1 | 6.8 | 3.2 |
| H6 | male | 0 | 4.8 | 2.6 | |
| 7 | P7 | female | 1 | 6.5 | 3 |
| H7 | female | 0 | 7 | 3.4 |
TABLE 2. Taphonomic scoring scheme used in this study, adapted from Krause et al., 2011 and Klompmaker et al., 2017.
| Characteristic | Scoring |
| Carapace fragmentation | (0) Whole, intact. (1) >50% intact, minor fragmentation and perforation. (2) 2-4 major fragments. (3) badly fragmented or absent. |
| Soft tissue presence | (0) all or mostly present. (1) less than 50% present. (2) no soft tissue observed. |
| Separation of abdomen and carapace | (0) no. (1) yes. |
| Abdomen fragmentation | (0) Whole, intact. (1) >50% intact, minor fragmentation and perforation. (2) 2-4 major fragments. (3) badly fragmented or absent. |
| Telson fragmentation | (0) intact. (1) fragmented. (2) absent. |
| Carapace spines | (0) intact. (1) spine fragmentation, attached. (2) spines detached or absent |
| Carapace discoloration | (0) original. (1) faded. |
