Threat-protection mechanics of an armored fish

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 699-712

  Song, Juha ^a   Ortiz, Christine ^a   Boyce, Mary C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Armored fish; Exoskeleton; Mechanical properties; Natural armor; Polypterus senegalus

Indexed keywords

ARMORED FISH; CRITICAL FACTORS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; EXOSKELETON; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL; FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; LENGTH SCALE MATCHING; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL LENGTH; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL ARMOR; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYPTERUS SENEGALUS; PREDATOR-PREY; TOOTH GEOMETRIES;

ARMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FISH; MICROSTRUCTURE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENERGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FISHES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOOTH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79955736892     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Agrawal A.A. Phenotypic plasticity in the interactions and evolution of species. Science 2001, 294:321-326.
2. Anderson P.S.L., Westneat M.W. Feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of the skull of Dunkleosteus terrelli, an ancient apex predator. Biol. Lett. 2006, 22:76-79.
3. Barthelat F., Espinosa H.D. An experimental investigation of deformation and fracture of nacre-mother of pearl. Exp. Mech. 2007, 47:311-327.
4. Brett, C.E., Walker, S.E., 2002. The fossil record of predator-prey arms races: coevolution and escalation hypothesis. In: Kowalewski, M., Kelley, P.H. (Eds.), The Fossil Record of Predation: The Paleontological Society Papers, Vol. 8, pp. 93-118.
5. Bruet B.J.F., Qi H., Panas R., Tai K., Frick K., Boyce M.C., Ortiz C. Nanoscale morphology and indentation of individual nacre tablets from the gastropod mollusc Trochus niloticus. J. Mater. Res. 2005, 20.
6. Bruet B.J.F., Song J.H., Boyce M.C., Ortiz C. Materials design principles of ancient fish armour. Nature Mater. 2008, 7:748-756.
7. Caldwell R.L., Dingle H. Stomatopods. Sci. Am. 1975, 234:81-89.
8. Clemen G., Bartsch P., Wacker K. Dentition and dentigerous bones in juveniles and adults of P. senegalus (Cladistia, Actinopterygii). Ann. Anat. 1998, 180:211-221.
9. Currey J.D., Taylor J.D. Mechanical-behavior of some molluscan hard tissues. J. Zool. 1974, 173:395-406.
10. Daget J., Gayet M., Meunier F.J., Sire J.Y. Major discoveries on the dermal skeleton of fossil and recent polypteriforms: a review. Fish. Fish. 2001, 2:113-124.
11. Darwin C. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection 1859, John Murray, London.
12. Dietl, G.P., Kelley, P.H., 2002. The fossil record of predator-prey arms races: coevolution and escalation hypothesis. In: Kowalewski, M., Kelley, P.H. (Eds.), The Fossil Record of Predation: The Paleontological Society Papers, Vol. 8, pp. 353-374.
13. Driessens F.C.M., Verbeeck R.M.H. Biominerals 1990, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
14. Eldredge N., Stanley S.M. Living Fossil 1984, Springer Verlag, New York, Berlin.
15. Elner R.W. The mechanics of predation by the shore crab, Carcinus meaenas (L.) on the edible mussel, Mytilus edulis L. Oecologia 1978, 36:333-344.
16. Geller J.B. Reproductive responses to shell damage by the gastropod Nucellar emarginata (Deshayes). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 1990, 136:77-87.
17. Gemballa S., Bartsch P. Architecture of the integument in lower teleostomes: functional morphology and evolutionary implications. J. Morphol. 2002, 253:290-309.
18. Habelitz S., Marshall S.J., Marshall G.W., Balooch M. Mechanical properties of human dental enamel on the nanometre scale. Arch. Oral. Biol. 2001, 46:173-183.
19. Herre E.A. Laws governing species interactions? Encouragement and caution from figs and their associates. Levels of Selection in Evolution 1999, 209-237. Princeton University Press, Princeton. L. Keller (Ed.).
20. Hughes R.N. Foraging behavior of a tropical crab, Ozius verreauxii. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 1989, 237:201-212.
21. Imbeni V., Kruzic J.J., Marshall G.W., Marshall S.J., Ritchie R.O. The dentin-enamel junction and the fracture of human teeth. Nature Mater. 2005, 4:229-232.
22. Kent B.W. Patterns of coexistence in Busyconine whelks. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 1983, 66:257-283.
23. Kodera H. Jurassic Fishes: Selection, Care, Behavior 1994, T.H.F. Publications, New Jersey.
24. Lippert F., Parker D.M., Jandt K.D. In vitro demineralization/remineralization cycles at human tooth enamel surfaces investigated by AFM and nanoindentation. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2004, 280:442-448.
25. Magalhaes H. An ecological study of snails of the Genus Busycon at Beaufort. North Carolina. Ecol. Monogr. 1948, 18:377-409.
26. Mahoney E., Ismail F.S.M., Kilpatrick N., Swain M. Mechanical properties across hypomineralized/hypoplastic enamel of first permanent molar teeth. Eur. J. Oral. Sci. 2004, 112:497-502.
27. Mapes R.H., Fahrer T.R., Babcock L.E. Sublethal and lethal injuries of pennsylvanian conulariids from oklahoma. J. Paleontol. 1989, 63:34-37.
28. Marshall G.W., Balooch M., Gallagher R.R., Gansky S.A., Marshall S.J. Mechanical properties of the dentinoenamel junction: AFM studies of nanohardness, elastic modulus, and fracture. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 2001, 54:87-95.
29. Mcclanahan T.R., Muthiga N.A. Patterns of predation on a Sea-Urchin, Echinometra-Mathaei (Deblainville), on Kenyan coral reefs. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 1989, 126:77-94.
30. Meunier F.J. Os cellulaire, os acellulaire et tissus dérivés chez les Ostéichthyens: les phénomènes de l'acellularisation et de la perte de minéralisation. L'Année biologique 1987, 26:201-233.
31. Ortiz C., Boyce M.C. Bioinspired structural materials. Science 2008, 319:1053-1054.
32. Ørvig, T., 1967. Phylogeny of tooth tissues: evolution of some calcified tissues in early vertebrates. In: Miles, A.E.W. (Ed.), Structural and Chemical Organization of Teeth, Vol. 1, pp. 45-110.
33. Ørvig, T., 1968. The dermal skeleton: general considerations. In: Ørvig, T. (Ed.), Current Problems of Lower Vertebrate Phylogeny. Proc. of the 4th Nobel Symposium, Almqvist and Wiskell, Stockholm, pp. 373-397.
34. Patek S.N., Caldwell R.L. Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the peakcock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus. J. Exp. Biol. 2005, 208:3655-3664.
35. Raji, A., Saidu, A.K., Maryam, A.T., 2003. Preliminary studies on food and feeding habits of Polypterus endlicheri and Polypterus senegalus in Lake Chad. In: 18th Annual Conference of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria, FISON.
36. Reimchen T.E. Structural relationships between spines and lateral plates in threespine stickleback (G. aculeatus). Evolution 1983, 37:931-946.
37. Reimchen T.E. Inefficient predators and prey injuries in a population of giant stickleback. Can. J. Zool. 1988, 66:2036-2044.
38. Romer A.S. Eurypterid influence on vertebrate history. Science 1933, 78:114-117.
39. Sasagawa I., Ishiyama M., Yokosuka H., Mikami M., Uchida T. Tooth enamel and enameloid in actinopterygian fish. Front. Mater. Sci. China 2009, 3:174-182.
40. Seed R., Hughes R.N. Criteria for prey size selection in molluscivorous crabs with contrasting claw morphologies. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 1995, 193:177-195.
41. Sire J.-Y. Light and TEM study of nongenerated and experimentally regenerated scales of Lepisoteus oculatus (Holostei) with particular attention to ganoine formation. Anat. Rec. 1994, 240:189-207.
42. Sire J.Y. From Ganoid to Elasmoid scales in he Actinopterygian fishes. Neth. J. Zool 1990, 40:75-92.
43. Sire J.Y., Donoghue P.C.J., Vickaryous M.K. Origin and evolution of the integumentary skeleton in non-tetrapod vertebrates. J. Anat. 2009, 214:409-440.
44. Song J., Reichert S., Kallai I., Gazit D., Wund M., Boyce M.C., Ortiz C. Quantitative microstructural studies of the armor of the marine threespine stickleback (G. aculeatus). J. Struct. Biol. 2010, 171:318-331.
45. Taylor G.M. Maximum force production: why are crabs so strong?. Proc. Biol. Sci. 2000, 267:1475-1480.
46. van der Wal P., Giesen H.J., Videler J.J. Radular teeth as models for the improvement of industrial cutting devices. Mat. Sci. Eng. C-Bio. S. 2000, 7:129-142.
47. Vermeij G.J. Evolution & Escalation: An Ecological History of Life 1987, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
48. Vermeij G.J. A Natural History of Shells 1993, Princeton University Press, Princteon, NJ.
49. Wacker K., Bartsch P., Clemen G. The development of the tooth pattern and dentigerous bones in P. senegalus (Cladistia, Actinopterygii). Ann. Anat. 2001, 183:37-52.
50. Wang L.F., Song J.H., Ortiz C., Boyce M.C. Anisotropic design of a multilayered biological exoskeleton. J. Mater. Res. 2009, 24:3477-3494.
51. Wang R.Z., Addadi L., Weiner S. Design strategies of sea urchin teeth: structure, composition and micromechanical relations to function. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 1997, 352:469-480.
52. Wang R.Z., Suo Z., Evans A.G., Yao N., Aksay I.A. Deformation mechanisms in nacre. J. Mater. Res. 2001, 16:2485-2493.
53. Westneat M.W. Evolution of levers and linkages in the feeding mechanisms of fish. Integr. Comp. Biol. 2004, 44:378-389.
54. Williams M.J. Opening of bivalve shells by the mud crab scylla serrata forskal. Austr. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 1978, 29:699-702.
55. Zuschin M., Stachowitsch M., Stanton R.J. Patterns and processes of shell fragmentation in modem and ancient marine environments. Earth-Sci. Rev. 2003, 63:33-82.