Variation and specialisation of the forcipular apparatus of centipedes (Arthropoda: Chilopoda): A comparative morphometric and microscopic investigation of an evolutionary novelty

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-243

  Dugon, Michel M ^a   Black, Alexander ^a   Arthur, Wallace ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chilopoda; Evolutionary novelty; Forcipules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTIPEDE; EVOLUTION; FORCIPULE; HOOF AND CLAW; LIMB; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTREMITIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHILOPODA; SCUTIGEROMORPHA;

EID: 84860560885     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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