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Armed stem to stinger: a review of the ecological roles of scorpion weapons
Scorpions possess two systems of weapons: the pincers (chelae) and the stinger (telson). These are placed on anatomically and developmentally well separated parts of the body, that is, the oral appendages and at the end of the body axis. The otherwise conserved body plan of scorpions varies most in...
Autores principales: | Simone, Yuri, van der Meijden, Arie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos (CEVAP/UNESP)
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527038 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-9199-JVATITD-2021-0002 |
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