Stalked crinoid locomotion, and its ecological and evolutionary implications

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Baumiller, Tomasz K ^a   Messing, Charles G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Echinoderms; Functional morphology; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PALEOZOIC; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SESSILE SPECIES; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GRAND BAHAMA;

CIDAROIDA; CLADIDA; CRINOIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ISOCRINIDA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 34247601651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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