| Most investigation into such an antipredatory benefit has focused on caudal autotomy in vertebrate taxa. |
| As in crustaceans, autotomy must be done before a critical period so that there is sufficient time to regenerate the appendage before the next ecdysis. |
| This is perhaps because any injury between the tip of the meropodite and the point of autotomy invariably causes a breakage at the latter point. |
| Because red king crabs can autotomize injured legs, crabs with a fresh autotomy were classified separately from those with other leg injuries. |
| Comparison of autotomy behavior induced in rats by various clinically used neurectomy methods. |
| The division of a protozoan into two cells and the splitting of a worm into two halves may be regarded as cases of autotomy. |
