Remora cranial vein morphology and its functional implications for attachment

Abstract Remora fishes adhere to, and maintain long-term, reversible attachment with, surfaces of varying roughness and compliance under wetted high-shear conditions using an adhesive disc that evolved from the dorsal fin spines typical of other fishes. Evolution of this complex hierarchical structu...

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Main Authors: Brooke E. Flammang, Christopher P. Kenaley
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fe307ed800824e2698e19c191c918e2e
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