A comparison of the strength of echinoderm spines and mollusc shells

Autor:	J. D. Currey
Rok vydání:	1975
Předmět:	Calcite chemistry.chemical_compound Paleontology chemistry Echinoderm biology Aquatic Science biology.organism_classification Skeleton (computer programming)
Zdroj:	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 55:419-424
ISSN:	1469-7769 0025-3154
DOI:	10.1017/s0025315400016039
Popis:	The echinoderm skeleton is interesting because its material is so different from that of other invertebrates. It is full of interconnecting cavities, and each piece of skeleton seems to be made of a single crystal of rather impure calcite (Nichols & Currey, 1968). An obvious question for a biologist is whether echinoderm skeleton is in some way better mechanically than other, more conventional, skeletal materials.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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