Morphological and functional diversity of minor ampullate glands in spiders from the superfamily Amaurobioidea (Entelegynae: RTA clade)

Minor ampullate glands produce fibers that are involved in construction of the complex adhesive band for capturing prey, which is produced by particular cribellate spiders. Despite such a specific role, however, the glands persist even in species where production of cribellate capturing bands no lon...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of arachnology 2017-08, Vol.45 (2), p.198-208
Hauptverfasser:	Řezáč, Milan, Krejčí, Tomáš, Goodacre, Sara L., Haddad, Charles R., Řezáčová, Veronika
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal morphology Cribellate capturing threads Featured s major ampullate Observations Physiological aspects silk glands Spiders spinnerets
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