Propulsion in cubomedusae: mechanisms and utility.

Evolutionary constraints which limit the forces produced during bell contractions of medusae affect the overall medusan morphospace such that jet propulsion is limited to only small medusae. Cubomedusae, which often possess large prolate bells and are thought to swim via jet propulsion, appear to vi...

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Những tác giả chính: Sean P Colin, John H Costello, Kakani Katija, Jamie Seymour, Kristen Kiefer
Định dạng: Bài viết
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Loạt:PLoS ONE
Truy cập trực tuyến:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3577916?pdf=render