恋矢
恋矢(英语:love dart),又名射器、交配器[1],甚至是“爱情飞镖”[2],是肺螺类部分群组物种身上用作交配用的交配器[3]。交配时,双方会发射出恋矢插进对方的身体,以交换精子[1]。
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Helix_pomatia_dart_ex_Meisenheimer.jpg/250px-Helix_pomatia_dart_ex_Meisenheimer.jpg)
1 = flared base of the dart
2 = position of the inner cavity
3 = longitudinal flanges or vanes
4 = sharp tip or blade of the dart
不同物种的恋矢都有所不同,因此可以用以作为分辨物种的形态学特征。
参考文献
编辑- ^ 1.0 1.1 記用蝸牛來作實驗. 2013-07-19 (中文(繁体)).
- ^ YouTube上的神秘高价食材蜗牛子酱的由来,始于5分40秒(繁体中文)
- ^ Barnes, Robert D. Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. 1982: 377. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
外部链接
编辑- Davidson A. (Last updated 17 August 2007) 2007. The snail mating behaviour database (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). Molluscs.org: The web page of Angus Davison. Data. (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) 7 pp.
- Lovebirds and Love Darts: The Wild World of Mating (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) National Geographic News: Valentine's Day Special Report, 13 February 2004.
- The Roman Snail: Mating and Copulation (Robert Nordsieck)
- A dart in the dark (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Snail darts A moment of science.
- Love that love dart
- Cupid myth influenced by snails?
- Snail-Sex: How do they do it?
- The evolution of love darts and shooting behaviour in land snails (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Love Darts in the Backyard (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Shot Through the Head, for a Reason (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) New York Times, 6 June 2006.
- YouTube上的Video showing mating snails with love darts