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THIGMOTAXIS [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

A locomotory response, sometimes an inhibition of movement, caused by the stimulus of touch. This causes many small organisms to cling to surface with which they come into contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Chez les animaux invertébrés surtout chez les arthropodes, comportement de contact avec une surface résistante, qui se traduit généralement par l'immobilisation de l'animal.

OBS

Linguistiquement «tactisme» est [...] plus souvent employé [que taxie] comme suffixe pour former des termes plus spécifiques par association avec un préfixe qui indique la nature de l'agent stimulant en cause.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
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