Elastic energy storage in the mantis shrimp's fast predatory strike

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4002-4009

  Zack, T I ^a,b   Claverie, T ^a,c   Patek, S N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Crustacea; Feeding; Springs

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REST;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REST;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GONODACTYLACEUS; HOPLOCARIDA; ODONTODACTYLUS SCYLLARUS; STOMATOPODA;

EID: 71849106510     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034801     Document Type: Article

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