Name - Alpheus heterochaelis

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:32325 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Alpheus heterochaelis Say 1818

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Recent Publications

• Tradeoffs explain scaling, sex differences, and seasonal oscillations in the remarkable weapons of snapping shrimp (Alpheus spp).
• Developing elastic mechanisms: ultrafast motion and cavitation emerge at the millimeter scale in juvenile snapping shrimp.
• Even the tiniest snapping shrimp claws make cracking pistol pops.
• Development of an impulsive motion generator inspired by cocking slip joint of snapping shrimp.
• Geometric latches enable tuning of ultrafast, spring-propelled movements.

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