BiophysicsJournal of The Royal Society InterfacePeer-reviewed
Attachment performance of cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) suckers depends on the interaction between papillae and substrate topography
Jan Severin te Lindert, Brett Klaassen van Oorschot, Tabo Geelen…·Guillermo Javier Amador
This study examines how cuttlefish sucker papillae interact with substrate roughness to enhance attachment performance, finding optimal forces when substrate roughness matches papillae height.
DOI 10.1098/rsif.2025.1311