Asymmetric Mandibles of Water-Scavenger Larvae Improve Feeding Effectiveness on Right-Handed Snails

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 811-814

  Inoda, Toshio ^a   Hirata, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kamimura, Shinji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Directional asymmetry; Hydrophilus larvae; Mandible asymmetry; Predator prey relationship; Snail shell chirality

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; FEEDING; LARVA; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; JAPAN; LARVA; SNAILS;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; GASTROPODA; HYDROPHILUS;

EID: 0742305452     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378903     Document Type: Article

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