Mechanical properties of the rigid and hydrostatic skeletons of molting blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4272-4278

  Taylor, Jennifer R A ^a,c   Hebrank, Jack ^b   Kier, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ZOETIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Crab; Cuticle; Flexural stiffness; Hydrostatic skeleton; Mechanical properties; Molting; Tensile strength; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECDYSOZOA;

EID: 38149095129     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.007054     Document Type: Article

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