Original paper

Introduction: Burrowing strategies

Seilacher, A.

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Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 164 Heft 1-2 (1982), p. 205 - 206

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published: Dec 22, 1982

DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/164/1982/205

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Abstract

The high density and granular nature of soft sediments virtually exclude modes of locomotion possible in the water and on the sediment surface, such as floating, swimming and walking. The new modes of locomotion, summarized as burrowing, can be subdivided into six basic types.

Keywords

sediments • locomotion • worm • bivale • Ophisaurus • Spatangoid • Crustacean • Penicillus