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Structure of a hinge joint with textured sliding surfaces in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)
ID Vittori, Miloš (Author)

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Abstract
Background: The study of joints in terrestrial arthropods can provide insights into the evolutionary optimization of contacting surfaces that slide without lubrication. This work reports on the structure of the joint between the propodus and the dactylus in terrestrial isopods, the most successful group of crustaceans on land, focusing on the woodlouse Porcellio scaber. Methods: The joints were studied using fluorescence microscopy, 3D reconstruction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The obtained results were functionally interpreted using high-speed video recordings by analyzing the use of the joint during locomotion. Results: In the joint, which allows the dactylus to move in a single plain, a semicircular process on the propodus fits into a groove on the dactylus and guides its movement. The sliding surfaces of the propodal process are textured in the form of parallel epicuticular ridges a few hundred nanometers thick. This texturing is selective: while the less heavily loaded surfaces are textured, the surfaces that support the isopod during standing and walking are smooth. In contrast, the groove on the dactylus is completely smooth. We found a similar surface texture in several other species of terrestrial isopods and one aquatic isopod. Conclusions: The selective texturing of the joint may reduce wear by eliminating small particles. This effect of the ridges was confirmed using electron microscopy. The absence of ridges on heavily loaded surfaces may enhance the dissipation of forces in these regions.

Language:English
Keywords:woodlouse, tribology, cuticle, exoskeleton, crustacean, ultrastructure
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:BF - Biotechnical Faculty
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year:2021
Number of pages:12 str.
Numbering:Vol. 7, art. 7
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-127223 This link opens in a new window
UDC:591.1
ISSN on article:2056-306X
DOI:10.1186/s40851-021-00177-9 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:63078147 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:26.05.2021
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Title:Zoological letters
Shortened title:Zoological lett.
Publisher:Springer Nature
ISSN:2056-306X
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License:CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:P1-0184
Name:Integrativna zoologija in speleobiologija

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