Cephalopod sucker design and the physical limits to negative pressure

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 949-958

  Smith, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cavitation; Cephalopods; Decapods; Octopods; Pressure; Suction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009845077     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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