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FOR the theoretical investigation of their locomotion, worm-like animals have conveniently been treated as thin walled, liquid-filled cylinders1–3. Observation of living animals, however, suggests that rigidity of the body wall, both inherent and developed by contraction of the muscular layers, represents a more or less important component of the total force exerted on the environment.
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SEYMOUR, M. Skeletons of Lumbricus terrestris L. and Arenicola marina (L.). Nature 228, 383–385 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228383b0
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