Explore: Escape Reaction

The caridoid escape reaction, also known as lobstering or tail-flipping, is an innate escape behavior in marine and freshwater eucarid crustaceans such

Escape response, escape reaction, or escape behavior is a mechanism by which animals avoid potential predation. It consists of a rapid sequence of movements

crabs are best suited to escape by ground pursuit in comparison to the quick aquatic escape provided by the caridoid escape reaction. Porcelain crabs' closest

fluorescence at an excitation of 355 nm and emission of 510 nm. Krill use an escape reaction to evade predators, swimming backwards very quickly by flipping their

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Together, they are used for steering while swimming, and in the caridoid escape reaction. In crabs and some other carcinised decapods, the abdomen is folded

rapid movement. This results in a backward dart called the caridoid escape reaction (lobstering). Shrimp are widespread, and can be found near the seafloor

is highly adapted for both forward swimming and a backward (retrograde) escape response. Prawn is often used as a synonym of shrimp for penaeoidean and

uropods, forms the tail fan. This is used as a paddle in the caridoid escape reaction ("lobstering"), whereby an alarmed animal rapidly flexes its tail,

lobstering or the caridoid escape reaction.[citation needed] Varieties of fish, such as teleosts, also use fast-starts to escape from predators. Fast-starts