Morphological diversity of medusan lineages constrained by animal-fluid interactions

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1867-1873

  Dabiri, John O ^a   Colin, Sean P ^b   Costello, John H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fluid dynamics; Locomotion; Medusae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COELENTERATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; WATER;

EID: 34347270580     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.003772     Document Type: Article

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