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volvere "roll", and the
suffix -(a)tion;
sometimes called enrolment or
conglobation), is a
defensive behavior in
certain animals, in
which the
animal rolls...
- to form
their bodies into a ball shape, in a
process known as
conglobation.
Conglobation has
evolved independently in
several families, this behaviour...
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enrolling into a
sphere (
conglobation), and are
commonly known as pill bugs. Some species, however, have
secondarily lost
their conglobation ability. For example...
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capable of
rolling into a ball when disturbed; this
ability is
known as
conglobation. C.
murina is
known to
occur in Cuba,
Puerto Rico, Jamaica,
Saint Thomas...
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defensive ball when
attacked by a
potential host, a
process known as
conglobation.
Protected by hard
chitin in this position, they are
expelled from the...
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brevicornis on MyrmecoFourmis.fr (in French); key image(s):
photos of
conglobation.
Image gallery of H.
brevicornis at
fansite (in French); key image(s):...
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moderately convex.
Sides of body not
evenly curved. Body not
capable of
conglobation (rolling into a ball).
Upper surfaces of body
clothed with
distinct hairs...
- Luo, C.; Zhang, W.; Liu, N.; Gu, Q.; Bai, M. (2022). "The
evolution of
conglobation in Ceratocanthinae".
Communications Biology. 5 (1). 777. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03685-2...
- Luo, C.; Zhang, W.; Liu, N.; Gu, Q.; Bai, M. (2022). "The
evolution of
conglobation in Ceratocanthinae".
Communications Biology. 5 (1):
Article number 777...
