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In the framework of dynamic morphology theory, the centers of gravity and geometric centers of projections have been determined for the bodies of more than 182 forms of invertebrates, and these data have been used to distinguish four types of dynamic body shapes. It has been demonstrated that specific dynamic types of body shape are characteristic of individual taxa. In addition, there are a group of “transformers,” which may assume any dynamic type of shape, and a group of invertebrates with one predominant dynamic type.
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Original Russian Text © V.P. Pekin, B.M. Chichkov, 2008, published in Ekologiya, 2008, No. 1, pp. 50–57.
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Pekin, V.P., Chichkov, B.M. The centers of gravity and dynamic types of body shape of terrestrial invertebrates. Russ J Ecol 39, 48–55 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413608010086
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