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Textures and traction: how tube-dwelling polychaetes get a leg up

By controlling the traction between its body and the tube wall, a tube-dwelling polychaete can move efficiently from one end of its tube to the other, brace its body during normal functions (e.g., ventilation and feeding), and anchor within its tube avoiding removal by predators. To examine the pote...

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Autor principal: Merz, Rachel Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12079