Biomechanical analysis of Oligochaeta crawling

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Accoto, Dino ^a   Castrataro, Piero ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a CRIM Lab   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Hydrostatic skeleton; Oligochaeta

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; LOCOMOTION;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EARTHWORM; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; OLIGOCHAETA;

ANIMALIA; HIRUDINEA; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 3242724097     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.03.025     Document Type: Article

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