... sp.(Crustacea, Stomatopoda) . Bull. Mar. Sci. 62 , 753 - 762 . Feller , K. D. , Cronin , T. W. , Ahyong , S. T. and Porter , M. L. ( 2013 ). Morphological and molecular description of the late-stage larvae of Alima Leach, 1817 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) from Lizard...

... or controlled prior to movement. We tested whether mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda: Neogonodactylus bredini ) vary their ultrafast smashing strikes and, if so, how this control is achieved prior to movement. We collected high-speed images of strike mechanics and electromyograms of the extensor and flexor muscles...

... Stomatopoda spring force biomechanics predation Elastic mechanisms are the biomechanical foundation for rapid and efficient organismal movements. The extraordinary efficiency of kangaroo hopping ( Alexander, 1988 ; Alexander and Vernon, 1975 ), the extreme accelerations of cellular jellyfish...

...M. S. deVries; E. A. K. Murphy; S. N. Patek SUMMARY Ambush predation is characterized by an animal scanning the environment from a concealed position and then rapidly executing a surprise attack. Mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda) consist of both ambush predators (‘spearers’) and foragers (‘smashers...

... phylogenetic analyses of relationships among species based on nucleotide sequence data from two nuclear (18S and 28S rDNA) and two mitochondrial [16S and cytochrome oxidase I (COI)] genes. Based on our recovered phylogenetic relationships among species, we propose two new superfamilies within the Stomatopoda...

... in the evolution of shell form. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 11 8 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 stomatopoda crustacea fracture biomechanics force impact cavitation mollusca shell evolution peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus...