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Scorpion Sheds ‘Tail’ to Escape: Consequences and Implications of Autotomy in Scorpions (Buthidae: Ananteris)
Autotomy, the voluntary shedding or detachment of a body part at a determined cleavage plane, is a common anti-predation defense mechanism in several animal taxa, including arthropods. Among arachnids, autotomy has been observed in harvestmen, mites, and spiders, always involving the loss of legs. A...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | PLoS One |
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2015
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| Online Zugang: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309614/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25629529 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116639 |
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