Functional significance of an unusual chela dimorphism in a marine decapod: Specialization as a weapon?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1628, 2007, Pages 3033-3038

  Claverie, Thomas ^a   Smith, I Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chela force; Geometric morphometrics; Multifunctional structure; Munida rugosa; Puncture wound

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; DIMORPHISM; FEEDING; GEOMETRY; LOBSTER; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SPECIALIZATION; WEAPON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

DACTYLUS; GALATHEIDAE; MUNIDA RUGOSA;

EID: 36549062496     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1223     Document Type: Article

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