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The Morphology and Adhesion Mechanism of Octopus vulgaris Suckers

The octopus sucker represents a fascinating natural system performing adhesion on different terrains and substrates. Octopuses use suckers to anchor the body to the substrate or to grasp, investigate and manipulate objects, just to mention a few of their functions. Our study focuses on the morpholog...

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Autores principales: Tramacere, Francesca, Beccai, Lucia, Kuba, Michael, Gozzi, Alessandro, Bifone, Angelo, Mazzolai, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23750233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065074