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Blickhan R, Siebert T. Note on hydrostatic skeletons: muscles operating within a pressurized environment. Biol Open 2024; 13:bio060318. [PMID: 38818878 PMCID: PMC11261639 DOI: 10.1242/bio.060318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Muscles and muscle fibers are volume-constant constructs that deform when contracted and develop internal pressures. However, muscles embedded in hydrostatic skeletons are also exposed to external pressures generated by their activity. For two examples, the pressure generation in spiders and in annelids, we used simplified biomechanical models to demonstrate that high intracellular pressures diminishing the resulting tensile stress of the muscle fibers are avoided in the hydrostatic skeleton. The findings are relevant for a better understanding of the design and functionality of biological hydrostatic skeletons.
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- Reinhard Blickhan
- Science of Motion, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07749 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Sport and Motion Science, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 28, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Ellers O, Ellers KI, Johnson AS, Po T, Heydari S, Kanso E, McHenry MJ. Soft skeletons transmit force with variable gearing. J Exp Biol 2024; 227:jeb246901. [PMID: 38738313 PMCID: PMC11177778 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.246901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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A hydrostatic skeleton allows a soft body to transmit muscular force via internal pressure. A human's tongue, an octopus' arm and a nematode's body illustrate the pervasive presence of hydrostatic skeletons among animals, which has inspired the design of soft engineered actuators. However, there is a need for a theoretical basis for understanding how hydrostatic skeletons apply mechanical work. We therefore modeled the shape change and mechanics of natural and engineered hydrostatic skeletons to determine their mechanical advantage (MA) and displacement advantage (DA). These models apply to a variety of biological structures, but we explicitly consider the tube feet of a sea star and the body segments of an earthworm, and contrast them with a hydraulic press and a McKibben actuator. A helical winding of stiff, elastic fibers around these soft actuators plays a critical role in their mechanics by maintaining a cylindrical shape, distributing forces throughout the structure and storing elastic energy. In contrast to a single-joint lever system, soft hydrostats exhibit variable gearing with changes in MA generated by deformation in the skeleton. We found that this gearing is affected by the transmission efficiency of mechanical work (MA×DA) or, equivalently, the ratio of output to input work. The transmission efficiency changes with the capacity to store elastic energy within helically wrapped fibers or associated musculature. This modeling offers a conceptual basis for understanding the relationship between the morphology of hydrostatic skeletons and their mechanical performance.
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- Olaf Ellers
- Biology Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA
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- Biology Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2525, USA
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- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA
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- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2525, USA
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Fang Z, Wu Y, Su Y, Yi J, Liu S, Wang Z. Omnidirectional compliance on cross-linked actuator coordination enables simultaneous multi-functions of soft modular robots. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12116. [PMID: 37495618 PMCID: PMC10372032 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39109-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Earthworms have entirely soft bodies mainly composed of circular and longitudinal muscle bundles but can handle the complexity of unstructured environments with exceptional multifunctionality. Soft robots are naturally appropriate for mimicking soft animal structures thanks to their inherent compliance. Here, we explore the new possibility of using this compliance to coordinate the actuation movements of single-type soft actuators for not only high adaptability but the simultaneous multifunctionality of soft robots. A cross-linked actuator coordination mechanism is proposed and explained with a novel conceptual design of a cross-linked network, characterization of modular coordinated kinematics, and a modular control strategy for multiple functions. We model and analyze the motion patterns for these functions, including grabbing, manipulation, and locomotion. This further enables the combination of simultaneous multi-functions with this very simple actuator network structure. In this way, a soft modular robot is developed with demonstrations of a novel continuous-transportation mode, for which multiple objects could be simultaneously transported in unstructured environments with either mobile manipulation or pick-and-place operation. A comprehensive workflow is presented to elaborate the cross-linked actuator coordination concept, analytical modeling, modular control strategy, experimental validation, and multi-functional applications. Our understanding of actuator coordination inspires new soft robotic designs for wider robotic applications.
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- Zhonggui Fang
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Central and Western District, Hong Kong, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
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Dorgan KM, Daltorio KA. Fundamentals of burrowing in soft animals and robots. Front Robot AI 2023; 10:1057876. [PMID: 36793873 PMCID: PMC9923007 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1057876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Creating burrows through natural soils and sediments is a problem that evolution has solved numerous times, yet burrowing locomotion is challenging for biomimetic robots. As for every type of locomotion, forward thrust must overcome resistance forces. In burrowing, these forces will depend on the sediment mechanical properties that can vary with grain size and packing density, water saturation, organic matter and depth. The burrower typically cannot change these environmental properties, but can employ common strategies to move through a range of sediments. Here we propose four challenges for burrowers to solve. First, the burrower has to create space in a solid substrate, overcoming resistance by e.g., excavation, fracture, compression, or fluidization. Second, the burrower needs to locomote into the confined space. A compliant body helps fit into the possibly irregular space, but reaching the new space requires non-rigid kinematics such as longitudinal extension through peristalsis, unbending, or eversion. Third, to generate the required thrust to overcome resistance, the burrower needs to anchor within the burrow. Anchoring can be achieved through anisotropic friction or radial expansion, or both. Fourth, the burrower must sense and navigate to adapt the burrow shape to avoid or access different parts of the environment. Our hope is that by breaking the complexity of burrowing into these component challenges, engineers will be better able to learn from biology, since animal performance tends to exceed that of their robotic counterparts. Since body size strongly affects space creation, scaling may be a limiting factor for burrowing robotics, which are typically built at larger scales. Small robots are becoming increasingly feasible, and larger robots with non-biologically-inspired anteriors (or that traverse pre-existing tunnels) can benefit from a deeper understanding of the breadth of biological solutions in current literature and to be explored by continued research.
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- Kelly M. Dorgan
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, United States,School of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, United States,*Correspondence: Kelly M. Dorgan,
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Filogna S, Iacovacci V, Vecchi F, Musco L, Menciassi A. Protrusion mechanism study in sipunculid worms as model for developing bio-inspired linear actuators. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2020; 16:026008. [PMID: 33126225 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/abc671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The invertebrates ability to adapt to the environment during motion represents an intriguing feature to inspire robotic systems. We analysed the sipunculid speciesPhascolosoma stephensoni(Sipunculidae, Annelida), and quantitatively studied the motion behaviour of this unsegmented worm. The hydrostatic skeleton and the muscle activity make the infaunalP.stephensoniable to extrude part of its body (the introvert) from its burrow to explore the environment by remaining hidden within the rocky substrate where it settled. The introvert protrusion is associated with changes in the body shape while keeping the overall volume constant. In this study, we employed a marker-less optical tracking strategy to quantitatively study introvert protrusion (i.e. kinematics, elongation percentage and forces exerted) in different navigation media. WhenP.stephensonispecimens were free in sea water (outside from the burrow), the worms reached lengths up to three times their initial ones after protrusion. Moreover, they were able to elongate their introvert inside a viscous medium such as agar-based hydrogel. In this case, the organisms were able to break the hydrogel material, exerting forces up to 3 N and then to navigate easily inside it, producing stresses of some tens of kPa. Our measurements can be used as guidelines and specifications to design and develop novel smart robotic systems.
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- Silvia Filogna
- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics & AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics & AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics & AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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Hemingway EG, O'Reilly OM. Continuous models for peristaltic locomotion with application to worms and soft robots. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2020; 20:5-30. [PMID: 32651774 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-020-01365-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A continuous model for the peristaltic locomotion of compressible and incompressible rod-like bodies is presented. Using Green and Naghdi's theory of a directed rod, incompressibility is enforced as an internal constraint. A discussion on muscle actuation models for a single continuum is included. The resulting theory is demonstrated in a simulation of a soft-robotic device. In addition, a calibration of parameters is performed and the incompressible rod is validated against a biomimetic model of earthworm locomotion.
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- Evan G Hemingway
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1740, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1740, USA.
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Phillips ND, Kubicek L, Payne NL, Harrod C, Eagling LE, Carson CD, Cappanera V, Houghton JDR. Isometric growth in the world's largest bony fishes (genus Mola)? Morphological insights from fisheries bycatch data. J Morphol 2018; 279:1312-1320. [PMID: 30187934 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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For teleost fishes, the relationship between morphometric traits can provide significant insight into species life history, however gathering such data for noncommercial species can prove challenging. Here, we use data collected opportunistically from fisheries bycatch and stranding events to assess growth scaling over orders of magnitude in the ocean sunfish (genus Mola). Intriguingly, the confidence intervals for the relationship between length and mass suggests that isometric scaling is likely, a growth pattern rarely observed in fishes owing to the scaling of supportive structures. These data also enabled assessment of geometric morphometrics, which indicated that Mola sp shape varies subtly but significantly ontogenetically, with increased fin area comparative to body area as fish increase in size. More practically, total length emerged as an effective predictor for a range of morphological traits, including mass, fin lengths and surface area, which can provide vital baseline data for fisheries modeling and management.
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- Natasha D Phillips
- Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Alexander von Humboldt, University of Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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- The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance, Middleboro, Massachusetts
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- Area Marina Protetta di Portofino, Ministry for the Environment and for the Protection of Territory and Sea, Santa Margherita Ligure, Genoa, Italy
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- Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences, Belfast, United Kingdom.,Queen's Marine Laboratory, Portaferry, United Kingdom.,Institute of Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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Grüebler MU, Müller M, Michel VT, Perrig M, Keil H, Naef-Daenzer B, Korner-Nievergelt F. Brood provisioning and reproductive benefits in relation to habitat quality: a food supplementation experiment. Anim Behav 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Taylor JRA. Aquatic versus terrestrial crab skeletal support: morphology, mechanics, molting and scaling. J Exp Biol 2018; 221:jeb.185421. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.185421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The transition from aquatic to terrestrial environments places significant mechanical challenges on skeletal support systems. Crabs have made this transition multiple times and are the largest arthropods to inhabit both environments. Furthermore, they alternate between rigid and hydrostatic skeletons, making them an interesting system to examine mechanical adaptations in skeletal support systems. I hypothesized that terrestrial crabs have modified morphology to enhance mechanical stiffness and that rigid and hydrostatic skeletons scale differently from each other, with stronger allometric relationships on land. Using the aquatic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, and the terrestrial blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis, I measured and compared body mass, merus morphology (dimensions, cuticle thickness, and I) and mechanics (EI, E, critical stress, and hydrostatic pressure) of rigid and hydrostatic stage crabs encompassing a range of sizes (C. sapidus: 1.5-133 g, N≤24; G. lateralis: 22-70 g, N≤15). Results revealed that rigid G. lateralis has similar morphology (L/D and T/D) than C. sapidus, but the mechanics and most scaling relationships are the same. Hydrostatic land crabs differ from aquatic crabs by having different morphology (thinner cuticle), mechanics (greater internal pressures), and scaling relationship (cuticle thickness). These results suggest that the rigid crab body plan is inherently overbuilt and sufficient to deal with the greater gravitational loading that occurs on land, while mechanical adaptations are important for hydrostatically supported crabs. Compared to other arthropods and hydrostatic animals, crabs possess distinct strategies for adapting mechanically to life on land.
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- Jennifer R. A. Taylor
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Biology Research Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Crane RL, Merz RA. Mechanical properties of sediment determine burrowing success and influence distribution of two lugworm species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 220:3248-3259. [PMID: 28931717 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.156760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We apply new perspectives on how organisms burrow by examining the association of in situ variation in sediment mechanical properties with burrowing ability and species distribution of two sympatric lugworms, Abarenicola pacifica and Abarenicola claparedi We quantified the sediment's resistance to penetration and its grain size distribution at sites inhabited by each species. Abarenicola pacifica individuals were found in significantly harder to penetrate, more heterogeneous sediments. We compared worm burrowing ability using reciprocal transplant experiments. Worms from firmer sediments, A. pacifica, were able to make successful steep burrows in sediments characteristic of either species. In contrast, A. claparedi individuals often failed to complete successful burrows in the firmer A. pacifica sediment. To examine how morphological differences could explain these patterns, we compared body wall musculature and measured how well individuals support their own bodies when draped over a cantilever. Lugworms from the firmer sediment had thicker body wall musculature and held their bodies more rigidly than did worms from softer sediments. Additionally, we observed subtle differences in the papillae on the proboscises' surfaces, which could affect worm-sediment interactions, but we found no differences in the chaetae of the two species. Abarenicola claparedi produced more mucus, which could be important in shoring up burrow walls in their shifting, sandy habitat. This study presents the first example of using field-based experiments to determine how sediment mechanical properties and worm burrowing ability could act to determine organismal distribution. Our findings have broader ecological implications because of the role of lugworms as ecosystem engineers.
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- R L Crane
- Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA
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- Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA
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Grill S, Dorgan KM. Burrowing by small polychaetes - mechanics, behavior and muscle structure of Capitella sp. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 218:1527-37. [PMID: 25827841 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.113183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Worms of different sizes extend burrows through muddy sediments by fracture, applying dorso-ventral forces that are amplified at the crack tip. Smaller worms displace sediments less than larger worms and therefore are limited in how much force they can apply to burrow walls. We hypothesized that small worms would exhibit a transition in burrowing mechanics, specifically a lower limit in body size for the ability to burrow by fracture, corresponding with an ontogenetic transition in muscle morphology. Kinematics of burrowing in a mud analog, external morphology and muscle arrangement were examined in juveniles and adults of the small polychaete Capitella sp. We found that it moves by peristalsis, and no obvious differences were observed among worms of different sizes; even very small juveniles were able to burrow through a clear mud analog by fracture. Interestingly, we found that in addition to longitudinal and circular muscles needed for peristaltic movements, left- and right-handed helical muscles wrap around the thorax of worms of all sizes. We suggest that in small worms helical muscles may function to supplement forces generated by longitudinal muscles and to maintain hydrostatic pressure, enabling higher forces to be exerted on the crack wall. Further research is needed, however, to determine whether surficial sediments inhabited by small worms fail by fracture or plastically deform under forces of the magnitudes applied by Capitella sp.
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- Susann Grill
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab, 101 Bienville Blvd., Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
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- Dauphin Island Sea Lab, 101 Bienville Blvd., Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
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Worm-Like Robotic Locomotion with a Compliant Modular Mesh. BIOMIMETIC AND BIOHYBRID SYSTEMS 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Kurth JA, Kier WM. Differences in scaling and morphology between lumbricid earthworm ecotypes. J Exp Biol 2015; 218:2970-8. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.119305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Many soft-bodied invertebrates use a flexible, fluid-filled hydrostatic skeleton for burrowing. The aim of our study was to compare the scaling and morphology between surface-dwelling and burrowing earthworm ecotypes to explore the specializations of non-rigid musculoskeletal systems for burrowing locomotion. We compared the scaling of adult lumbricid earthworms across species and ecotypes to determine if linear dimensions were significantly associated with ecotype. We also compared the ontogenetic scaling of a burrowing species, Lumbricus terrestris, and a surface-dwelling species, Eisenia fetida, using glycol methacrylate histology. We found that burrowing species were longer, thinner, and had higher length-to-diameter ratios than non-burrowers, and that L. terrestris was thinner for any given body mass compared to E. fetida. We also found differences in the size of the musculature between the two species that may correlate with surface crawling or burrowing. Our results suggest that adaptations to burrowing for soft-bodied animals include a disproportionately thin body and strong longitudinal muscles.
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- Jessica A. Kurth
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Knight K. Earth worm proportions change as they grow. J Exp Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.107938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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