Functional morphology and bite performance of raptorial chelicerae of camel spiders (Solifugae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3411-3418

  Van Der Meijden, Arie ^a   Langer, Franz ^b   Boistel, Renaud ^c   Vagovic, Patrik ^d   Heethoff, Michael ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bite force; Functional morphology; Galeodes; Rhagodes; Solifugae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MASTICATION; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; FEMALE; MUSCLES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ARACHNIDA; SOLIFUGAE;

EID: 84866245571     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.072926     Document Type: Article

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