Flight of the vampire: ontogenetic gait-transition in vampyroteuthis infernalis (Cephalopoda: vampyromorpha)

Vampyroteuthis infernalis is a cosmopolitan cephalopod that lives in the oxygen minimum layer between 600 and 800 m depth. Morphometric and physiological studies have indicated that V. infernalis has little capacity for jet propulsion and has the lowest metabolic rate ever measured for a cephalopod....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of experimental biology 1998-08, Vol.201 (Pt 16) (16), p.2413-2424
Hauptverfasser:	Seibel, BA, Thuesen, EV, Childress, JJ
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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