The role of the antennae in the compass-based orientation of the equatorial sandhopperTalorchestia martensiiWeber (Crustacea Amphipoda)
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Alberto Ugolini; David C. Wilcockson; Paolo Agnelli; Alice Ciofini; Annamaria Nistri
- Source
- Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 33:406-418
- Subject
- 0106 biological sciences
Amphipoda
biology
Ecology
05 social sciences
biology.organism_classification
Quantitative Biology::Genomics
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Crustacean
Solar compass
Oceanography
Compass
Physics::Space Physics
Talorchestia martensii
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Quantitative Biology::Populations and Evolution
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Animal Science and Zoology
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Language
- ISSN
- 1828-7131
0394-9370
The equatorial sandhopper Talorchestia martensii uses the sun, the moon and the natural magnetic field as orienting compass references. In some arthropod species, the antennae are important for tim...