Pinching forces in crayfish and fiddler crabs, and comparisons with the closing forces of other animals

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-342

  Claussen, Dennis L ^a   Gerald, Gary W ^a   Kotcher, John E ^a   Miskell, Courtney A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Chelae; Contraction force; Contraction speed; Vertebrate jaws

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAYFISH; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MALE;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CELUCA PUGILATOR; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43149100791     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0226-8     Document Type: Article

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