Code
3GP04211
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2012
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Biomechanics
- Biomechanics
- Biomechanics
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
Keywords
seahorses
grasping
kinematics
Project description
Seahorses are unique among fishes in their capacities to grasp with their tail onto substrates. Previous research showed adaptations related to this grasping, however, how the grasping is actually performed was unknown. This project focuses on the 3D kinematics of a grasping tail in seahorses, as well as the relation to the variation in substrate types to which the seahorses attach.