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Weihmann, Tom ORCID: 0000-0002-6628-1816 (2020). Survey of biomechanical aspects of arthropod terrestrialisation e Substrate bound legged locomotion. Arthropod Struct. Dev., 59. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD. ISSN 1873-5495

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Abstract

Arthropods are the most diverse clade on earth with regard to both species number and variability of body plans. Their general body plan is characterised by variable numbers of legs, and many-legged locomotion is an essential aspect of many aquatic and terrestrial arthropod species. Moreover, arthropods belong to the first groups of animals to colonise subaerial habitats, and they did so repeatedly and independently in a couple of clades. Those arthropod clades that colonised land habitats were equipped with highly variable body plans and locomotor apparatuses. Proceeding from their respective specific anatomies, they were challenged with strongly changing environmental conditions as well as altered physical and physiological constraints. This review explores the transitions from aquatic to terrestrial habitats across the different arthropod body plans and explains the major mechanisms and principles that constrain design and function of a range of locomotor apparatuses. Important aspects of movement physiology addressed here include the effects of different numbers of legs, different body sizes, miniaturisation and simplification of body plans and different ratios of inertial and damping forces. The article's focus is on continuous legged locomotion, but related ecological and behavioural aspects are also taken into account. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Weihmann, Tom UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6628-1816 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-312552
DOI:	10.1016/j.asd.2020.100983
Journal or Publication Title:	Arthropod Struct. Dev.
Volume:	59
Date:	2020
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1873-5495
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INSECT LOCOMOTION; FUNCTIONAL-MORPHOLOGY; SELF-STABILIZATION; HORIZONTAL PLANE; BODY-SIZE; QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS; STEPPING PATTERNS; MECHANICAL MODELS; ATTACHMENT PADS; ENERGETIC COST Multiple languages Entomology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31255