Changes in spinning anatomy and thread stickiness associated with the origin of orb-weaving spiders

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-612

  Opell, Brent D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestor; Character evolution; Cribellar capture thread; Cribellum; Reconstruction analysis; Web architecture

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER WEB;

AMAUROBIIDAE; ARANEAE; DESIDAE; DICTYNIDAE; FILISTATIDAE; OECOBIIDAE; ULOBORIDAE;

EID: 0033391323     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0361     Document Type: Article

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