... of jet velocity and other jet parameters in squid have been reported. We used digital particle imaging velocimetry (DPIV) to visualize the jet flow of adult long-finned squid Loligo pealei (mantle length, L m =27.1±3.0 cm, mean ± s . d .) swimming in a flume over a wide range of speeds(10.1-59.3 cm s -1...

...William M. Kier; Nancy A. Curtin SUMMARY The contractile properties of the transverse muscle of the tentacles and the transverse muscle of the arms of the squid Loligo pealei were investigated using small muscle fibre bundle preparations. In addition,transmission electron microscopy was used...

... can be ranked from coldest to warmest as follows: Loligo opalescens>Loligo pealei>Loligo plei>Sepioteuthis sepioidea . Action potential conduction velocities and rise times,recorded at many temperatures, were equivalent for all Loligo species, but significantly slower in S. sepioidea...

...Erik J. Anderson; M. Edwin Demont ABSTRACT High-speed, high-resolution digital video recordings of swimming squid (Loligo pealei) were acquired. These recordings were used to determine very accurate swimming kinematics, body deformations and mantle cavity volume. The time-varying squid profile...

...Patrick S. MacGillivray; Erik J. Anderson; Glenda M. Wright; M. Edwin Demont ABSTRACT The goal of this study was to obtain a complete description of the elastic modulus and hysteresis of the mantle tissue of the squid Loligo pealei over the entire functional region of the mantle. In addition...

...William M. Kier; Johan L. Van Leeuwen ABSTRACT High-speed ciné recordings of prey capture by the squid Loligo pealei were used to analyze the kinematics of the rapid tentacular strike. The proximal portion of the tentacle, the stalk, elongates during the strike. The non-extensible distal portion...