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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2025

Exploring the evolutionary adaptations of the unique seahorse tail's muscle architecture through

Dries Marzougui, Riddhi Das, Barbara Mazzolai, Dominique Adriaens, Francis Wyffels

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dries MarzouguiDepartment of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2026-8074
Riddhi DasCluster of Excellence livMats @FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Barbara MazzolaiBioinspired Soft Robotics Lab, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
Dominique AdriaensDepartment of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium.
Francis WyffelsDepartment of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium.

Funding

Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seahorses possess a unique tail muscle architecture that enables efficient grasping and anchoring onto objects. This prehensile ability is crucial for their survival, as it allows them to resist currents, cling to mates during reproduction and remain camouflaged to avoid predators. Unlike in any other fish, the muscles of the seahorse tail form long, parallel sheets that can span up to 11 vertebral segments. This study investigates how this distinctive muscle arrangement influences the mechanics of prehension. Through

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalBiological EvolutionModels, BiologicalMuscle, SkeletalRoboticsSmegmamorphaTailAnimalsComputer Simulationbioinspired roboticsevolutionary adaptationsmuscle architecturephysics simulationprehensile tailsseahorses

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PMID40328298
PMCPMC12055296

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