Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp's strike

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3677-3688

  Patek, S N ^a   Nowroozi, B N ^b   Baio, J E ^a   Caldwell, R L ^a   Summers, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Crustacea; Feeding; Four bar linkage model; Kinematic transmission; Movement; Power amplification; Predation; Speed

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; ROTATION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ROTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOPLOCARIDA; STOMATOPODA;

EID: 36348936115     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.006486     Document Type: Article

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