Biting releases constraints on moray eel feeding kinematics

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-504

  Mehta, Rita S ^a   Wainwright, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphilophus citrinellus; Anatomical reduction; Echidna nebulosa; Feeding; Kinematic integration; Lepomis macrochirus; Micropterus salmoides; Moray eel; Muraena retifera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EELS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIDAE; CENTRARCHIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CICHLIDAE; CRUSTACEA; ECHIDNA (FISH); ECHIDNA NEBULOSA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; MURAENA RETIFERA; MURAENIDAE;

EID: 33847338837     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02663     Document Type: Article

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