Sound production in Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus and its role in escape during predatory attack by Octopus briareus

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Bouwma, Peter E ^a,b   Herrnkind, William F ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive behaviour; Lobster evolution; Stridulation; Tailfip, escape; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DIEL VARIATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; LOBSTER; PREDATION; REEF; SURVIVAL; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION;

CEPHALOPODA; LOBSTER; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS BRIAREUS; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 67650841551     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909509977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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