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Tarsal Claws

Tarsal Claws is a morphological construct in arthropod leg anatomy denoting specialized apical hook-like structures at the distal end of the tarsus, distinguished by their role in substrate adhesion, prey capture, and locomotion across varied surfaces.

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Ultrastructure of attachment specializations of hexapods (Arthropoda): evolutionary patterns inferred from a revised ordinal phylogeny

Rolf G. Beutel, Stanislav N. Gorb · Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research · 2001 · 461 citations · Full text

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Roughness-dependent friction force of the tarsal claw system in the beetle<i>Pachnoda marginata</i>(Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

Zhendong Dai, Stanislav N. Gorb, Uli Schwarz · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2002 · 343 citations

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Evidence for a material gradient in the adhesive tarsal setae of the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata

Henrik Peisker, Jan Michels, Stanislav N. Gorb · Nature Communications · 2013 · 322 citations · Full text

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Experimental Analysis of Adhesion Of <i>Chrysolina Polita</i> (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera) On A Variety of Surfaces

Nigel E. Stork · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1980 · 271 citations

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THE INHERITANCE OF TARSAL COALITION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SPASTIC FLAT FOOT

Mathew Leonard · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume · 1974 · 246 citations

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Authors

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    Stanislav N. Gorb

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    19 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. TH
    Thies H. Büscher

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    6 publications · 187 citations

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  3. DV
    Dagmar Voigt

    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

    5 publications · 117 citations

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  4. OB
    Oliver Betz

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    4 publications · 188 citations

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  5. DU
    Darrell Ubick

    California Academy of Sciences, United States

    3 publications · 128 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    15 h-index

    43 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    474 citations

  3. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    390 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    365 citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    361 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    509 citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

    Stuttgart, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    415 citations

  8. University of Catania

    Catania, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    80 citations

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  1. Zootaxa

    8 publications · 156 citations

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  2. Journal of Comparative Physiology A

    7 publications · 475 citations

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  3. Journal of Experimental Biology

    7 publications · 990 citations

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  4. Arthropod Structure & Development

    6 publications · 218 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 6 publications · 216 citations

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