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Hairy suckers: the surface microstructure and its possible functional significance in the Octopus vulgaris sucker

Octopus suckers are able to attach to any smooth surface and many rough surfaces. Here, we have discovered that the sucker surface, which has been hypothesised to be responsible for sealing the orifice during adhesion, is not smooth as previously assumed, but is completely covered by a dense network...

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Autores principales: Tramacere, Francesca, Appel, Esther, Mazzolai, Barbara, Gorb, Stanislav N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24991492
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.66