Cuttlefish skin papilla morphology suggests a muscular hydrostatic function for rapid changeability

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 274, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 645-656

  Allen, Justine J ^a,b   Bell, George R R ^b   Kuzirian, Alan M ^b   Hanlon, Roger T ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive camouflage; Morphing skin; Sepia officinalis; Skin texture; Soft actuator

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CUTTLEFISH; HISTOLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; PIGMENTATION; SEPIA; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; LEUCOPHORA; OCTOPUS; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 84876084366     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20121     Document Type: Article

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