Escape behaviour in the stomatopod crustacean Squilla mantis, and the evolution of the caridoid escape reaction

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-192

  Heitler, W J ^a,b   Fraser, K ^a,b   Ferrero, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caridoid; Escape response; Evolution; Giant fibre; Shrimp; Squilla mantis; Tail flip

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GANGLION; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; ESCAPE REACTION; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MANTIS; SQUILLA MANTIS; STOMATOPODA;

EID: 0033963787     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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