Digging in sand crabs (Decapoda, Anomura, Hippoidea): Interleg coordination

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 793-805

  Faulkes, Zen ^a,b   Paul, Dorothy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blepharipoda occidentalis; crustacean; digging; Emerita analoga; evolution; kinematics; legs; Lepidopa californica; locomotion; sand crabs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030984611     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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