Feeding mechanism of the Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus: Modulation of kinematic and motor activity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3167-3184

  Wilga, Cheryl D ^a,b   Motta, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic guitarfish; Elasmobranch; Feeding; Jaw protrusion; Kinematics; Motor pattern; Rhinobatos lentiginosus

Indexed keywords

BATOIDEA; ELASMOBRANCHII; RHINOBATOS LENTIGINOSUS; RHINOBATOS RHINOBATOS; SPINY; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 0032436992     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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