Abstract
The shape of hooks is of a taxonomic significance for cestoda. In order to characterize shape through numbers, a mathermatical model of drawings in two-dimensional space is proposed. This model is a synthetic one: first, it uses a large number of points on the edge of a hook-drawing as data; secondly, it enables to draw a specific hook by means of a computer after the parameters have been extracted from the data. The method does not use landmarks and therefore avoids the difficulty of locating them. The ensuing discussion concerns description in common parlanceversus mathermatical language, the genesis of hooks and description in three-dimensional space.
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Dujardin, L., Duriez, T. A mathematical model for the shape of the hooks of cestodae. Acta Biotheor 43, 217–225 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707270
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707270