Snapping Behavior of the Shrimp Alpheus californiensis
- 3 August 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 181 (4098) , 459-460
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.181.4098.459
Abstract
A pair of very smooth disks, located on the claw of the snapping shrimp Alpheus californiensis, are temporarily held together by cohesive forces of water. This allows the closer muscle of the claw to generate a large amount of tension before these cohesive forces are overcome, and results in a rapid closing movement.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Tensile Strength of LiquidsScientific American, 1972
- SOUND PRODUCTION IN THE SNAPPING SHRIMPS ALPHEUS (CRANGON) AND SYNALPHEUS ,The Biological Bulletin, 1963