Prey capture kinematics and four-bar linkages in the bay pipefish, Syngnathus leptorhynchus

Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-96

  Flammang, Brooke E ^a   Ferry Graham, Lara A ^a   Rinewalt, Christopher ^a   Ardizzone, Daniele ^a   Davis, Chante ^a   Trejo, Tonatiuh ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial rotation; Functional morphology; Ram feeding; Snout rotation; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SKULL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKULL; SMEGMAMORPHA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ARTEMIA; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS LEPTORHYNCHUS;

EID: 59749094003     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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