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, Esther L. te Lindert Blommert, Marcel Giesbers, Baowen Zhang, Yoerick Tycho Lankhof, Sander W. S. Gussekloo, Florian Titus Muijres, 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.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface · Aug 26, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics