Locomotion in a skeleton shrimp(3.6MB, 00:00:13)Shot Date: 2003/04/27 Shot Location: Seto Marine Biological Laboratory | ||
| species Caprella penantis Key Words | ||
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Animalia >Arthropoda >Malacostraca >Amphipoda >Caprellidae >Caprella >
A skeleton shrimp has a very elongate body. Because the distance between front and hind legs is large, it moves with an action similar to that of the inchworm or stick insect. A small individual in the video picture is another skeleton shrimp, Caprella penantis. While remaining at one spot, it keeps swinging the body. (translated by Asoh)
(Data No.momo030428cp01b)
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