Vortex formation with a snapping shrimp claw. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Snapping shrimp use one oversized claw to generate a cavitating high speed water jet for hunting, defence and communication. This work is an experimental investigation about the jet generation.
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Research on Claw Motion Characteristics and Cavitation Bubbles of Snapping Shrimp [PDF]
Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2020 Snapping shrimp produces a high-speed jet through the rapid closure of the snapper claw, which stimulates the formation of cavitation bubbles of various shapes. In order to explore the fast motion characteristics of snapper claw, the formation and change
Yuliang Yang +5 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the snapping shrimp, Alpheus brevicristatus De Haan, 1844 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA Part B: ResourcesThe snapping shrimp Alpheus is the genus with most species in the Alpheidae family. In this study, the mitochondrial genome of Alpheus brevicristatus De Haan, 1844 has been sequenced and analyzed. The circular mitogenome was 15,705 bp in length with an A+
Fang-Chao Zhu, Shuo Yu
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The Curious Acoustic Behavior of Estuarine Snapping Shrimp: Temporal Patterns of Snapping Shrimp Sound in Sub-Tidal Oyster Reef Habitat. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Ocean soundscapes convey important sensory information to marine life. Like many mid-to-low latitude coastal areas worldwide, the high-frequency (>1.5 kHz) soundscape of oyster reef habitat within the West Bay Marine Reserve (36°N, 76°W) is dominated by ...
DelWayne R Bohnenstiehl +2 more
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On the sound of snapping shrimp [PDF]
Physics of Fluids, 2000 Snapping shrimp produce a snapping sound by an extremely rapid closure of their snapper claw. Source levels reported for Alpheus heterochaelis are as high as 220 dB (peak-to-peak) re. 1 µPa at 1 m distance.
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Tradeoffs explain scaling, sex differences, and seasonal oscillations in the remarkable weapons of snapping shrimp (Alpheus spp.) [PDF]
eLife, 2023 Evolutionary theory suggests that individuals should express costly traits at a magnitude that optimizes the trait bearer’s cost-benefit difference. Trait expression varies across a species because costs and benefits vary among individuals.
Jason P Dinh, SN Patek
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The snapping shrimp sound is known to be a major biological noise source of ocean soundscapes in coastal shallow waters of low and mid-latitudes where sunlight reaches.
Jee Woong Choi, Sungwon Shin, H C Song
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the symbiotic infaunal snapping shrimp Leptalpheus forceps (Decapoda, Alpheidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The snapping shrimp Leptalpheus forceps (family Alpheidae) has a unique natural history as an infaunal symbiont of larger burrowing crustaceans. The mitogenome of L.
Justin A. Scioli +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 As a biological sound source widely distributed in temperate and tropical coastal waters, snapping shrimp produce strong pulses which can serve as honest signals to indicate habitat-specific soundscape.
Zhongchang Song +2 more
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Comparison of intestinal and environmental microbiota of the snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus) in a seagrass bed [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologySymbiotic bacteria associated with benthic invertebrates in seagrass beds play an important role in mediating host adaptability and maintaining ecosystem health; however, the taxonomic composition and functional characteristics of the symbiotic ...
Fang-Chao Zhu +17 more
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