ArticleRoyal Society open science2020
Knowing when to stick: touch receptors found in the remora adhesive disc.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Peripheral mechanisms of tactile sensation in fish.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2026Review
- Lamprey-Inspired Amphibious Suction Disc with Hybrid Adhesion Mechanism.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Swimming smarter, not harder: fishes exploit habitat heterogeneity to increase locomotor performance.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
- Bioinspired multiscale adaptive suction on complex dry surfaces enhanced by regulated water secretion.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Advanced Bionic Attachment Equipment Inspired by the Attachment Performance of Aquatic Organisms: A Review.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Species associated with whale sharksBiodiversity data journal · 2023Article
- Understanding of remora's "hitchhiking" behaviour from a hydrodynamic point of view.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Sucker with a fat lip: The soft tissues underlying the viscoelastic grip of remora adhesion.Journal of anatomy · 2020Article
- Knowing when to stick: touch receptors found in the remora adhesive disc.Royal Society open science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Remoras are fishes that piggyback onto larger marine fauna via an adhesive disc to increase locomotor efficiency, likelihood of finding mates and access to prey. Attaching rapidly to a large, fast-moving host is no easy task, and while research to date has focused on how the disc supports adhesion, no attention has been paid to how or if remoras are able to sense attachment. We identified push-rod-like mechanoreceptor complexes embedded in the soft lip of the remora adhesive disc that are known in other organisms to respond to touch and shear forces. This is, to our knowledge, the first time such mechanoreceptor complexes are described in fishes as they were only known previously in monotremes. The presence of push-rod-like mechanoreceptor complexes suggests not only that fishes may be able to sense their environment in ways not heretofore described but that specialized tactile mechanoreceptor complexes may be a more basal vertebrate feature than previously thought.
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