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XXIII.—A Comparative Study of the Reflexes of Autotomy in Decapod Crustacea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

J. Herbert Paul
J. Herbert Paul
Affiliation:
Physiological Department of the University of Glasgow, and the Marine Laboratories at Millport and Cullercoats
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The self-amputation of limbs, or autotomy, as it has been called, is a remarkable example of one of the provisions which marine animals have for their survival in the struggle for existence. Many species, especially members of the decapod crustacea, have the power of leaving a leg in the grasp of an enemy and escaping to the shelter of a kindly rock. Autotomy also occurs very markedly in some echinoderms.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 35 , 1915 , pp. 232 - 262
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1915

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