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SUBMITTER: Kano T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391416 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20190226 1
The sea roach is an isopod with 14 legs; owing to its many degrees of freedom and coordination thereof, it can walk rapidly on rough terrain. Although there likely exists a remarkable decentralized control mechanism that facilitates fast and adaptive locomotion of sea roaches, it still remains elusive. To address this issue, we performed behavioural experiments and revealed that sea roaches often change their gait patterns depending on the locomotion speed. We suggest that the bending of the bod ...[more]