Roles of eyes, leg proprioceptors and statocysts in the compensatory eye movements of freely walking land crabs (Cardisoma guanhumi)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3395-3409

  Paul, Herbert ^a,b   Barnes, W Jon P ^a   Varjú, Dezsö ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardisoma guanhumi; Crab; Crustacea; Eye movement; Frequency response curve; Locomotion; Multisensory interaction

Indexed keywords

ARENA; CARDISOMA GUANHUMI; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032408969     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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