Punting: An unusual mode of locomotion in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 553-561

  Koester, David M ^a   Spirito, Carl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ERINACEA; LEUCORAJA ERINACEA; RAJIDAE;

EID: 0141569310     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CG-02-153R1     Document Type: Article

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