Flight of the vampire: Ontogenetic gait-transition in Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Cephalopoda: Vampyromorpha)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2413-2424

  Seibel, Brad A ^b   Thuesen, Erik V ^a,b   Childress, James J ^b  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ce phalopoda; Cirrata; Cirrothauma murrayi; Coleoidea; Deep sea; Flight; Locomotion; Metabolism; Metamorphosis; Opisthoteuthis californiana; Scaling; Vampy romorpha; Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Indexed keywords

CIRROTHAUMA MURRAYI; OPISTHOTEUTHIS CALIFORNIANA; VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS;

EID: 0031688381     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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