Mechanical properties of the isolated catch apparatus of the sea urchin spine joint: Muscle fibers do not contribute to passive stiffness changes

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-35

  Takemae, Nobuhiro ^a   Motokawa, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; HETEROCENTROTUS MAMMILLATUS;

EID: 13944267991     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3593098     Document Type: Article

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