PROBLEMS OF LIMB EXTENSION IN THE SCORPION, OPISTHOPHTHALMUS LATIMANUS KOCH

REFERENCES

• Alexander , A. J. and Ewer , D. W. 1955 . A note on the function of the eversible sacs of the onychophoran, Opisthopatus cinctipes Purcell . Ann. Natal Mus. , 13 : 217 – 222 .
   Google Scholar
• Cannon , H. G. 1947 . On the anatomy of the pedunculate barnacle . Lithotrya. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (B.) , 233, 89–136
   Google Scholar
• Cottrell , C. B. 1962 . The imaginal ecdysis of blowflies. Observations on the hydrostatic mechanisms involved in digging and expansion . J. exp. Biol. , 39 : 431 – 448 .
   Google Scholar
• Eastham , L. E. S. and Eassa , Y. E. E. 1955 . The feeding mechanisms of the butterfly . Pieris brassicae L. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. (B.) , 239, 1–43
   Google Scholar
• Ellis , C. H. 1944 . The mechanism of the extension in the legs of spiders . Biol. Bull. mar. biol. Lat. Woods Hole. , 86 : 41 – 50 .
   Google Scholar
• Kanungo , M. S. 1957 . Cardiac physiology of the scorpion Palamnaeus bengalensis Koch . Biol. Bull. mar. biol. Lat. Woods Hole. , 113 : 135 – 140 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manton , S. M. 1958a . Hydrostatic pressure and leg extension in arthropods with special reference to arachnids . Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) , 1 : 161 – 182 .
   Google Scholar
• Manton , S. M. 1958b . Habits and evolution of the Lysiopetaloidea (Diplopoda) and some principles of leg design in Diplopoda and Chilopoda, and limb structure in Diplopoda . J. Linn. Soc. Zoology , 43 : 487 – 556 .
   Google Scholar
• Parry , D. A. 1960 . Spider hydraulics . Endeavour , 19 : 156 – 162 .
   Google Scholar
• Parry , D. A. and Brown , R. H. J. 1959a . The hydraulic mechanism of the spider leg . J. exp. Biol. , 36 : 423 – 433 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parry , D. A. and Brown , R. H. J. 1959b . The jumping mechanism of salticid spiders . J. exp. Biol. , 36 : 654 – 664 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Petrunkevitch , A. 1909 . Contribution to our knowledge of the anatomy and relationships of spiders . Ann. ent. Soc. Am. , 2 : 11 – 20 .
   Google Scholar
• Pringle , J. W. S. 1938 . A new type of mechanical receptor from the palps of the cockroach . J. exp. Biol. , 15 : 101 – 113 .
   Google Scholar
• Purcell , W. F. 1900 . On the anatomy of Opisthopatus cinctipes Pure, with notes on other, principally South African Onychophora . Ann. S. Afr. Mus. , 2 : 67 – 116 .
   Google Scholar
• Snodgrass , R. E. 1938 . Evolution of the Annelida, Onychophora, and Arthropoda . Smithson. misc. Collns. , 97.
   Google Scholar
• Snodgrass , R. E. 1948 . The feeding organs of the arachnids, including mites and ticks. Smithson . misc. Collns. , 110 ( 10 ) : 1 – 93 .
   Google Scholar
• Snodgrass , R. E. 1952 . A textbook of arthropod anatomy. London : Constable .
   Google Scholar
• Trueman , E. R. 1954 . Observations on the mechanism of the opening of the valves of a burrowing lamellibranch . Mya arenaria. J. exp. Biol. , 31 : 291 – 306 .
   Google Scholar
• Vachon , M. 1952 . Etudes sur les scorpions. Algiers : Institut Pasteur d'Algérie .
   Google Scholar
• Weis-Fogh , T. 1959 . Elasticity in arthropod locomotion: a neglected subject, illustrated by the wing system of insects . Proc. XVth Int. Congr. Zool. , 1958 393–395
   Google Scholar
• Weis-Fogh , T. 1960 . A rubber-like protein in insect cuticle . J. exp. Biol. , 37 : 889 – 907 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar