... efficiency in paralarvae is significant because it contradicts many studies that predict low propulsive efficiency at intermediate Re for inertial forms of locomotion. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 6 2 2009 2009 squid hydrodynamics locomotion low Reynolds...

... were mounted on a sled to mimic the protrusion of filters away from an animal's body or from the substratum, and were towed through a vat of syrup to generate relative fluid motion at low Reynolds numbers ( Re <10 –3 , based on cylinder diameter and tow speed). Flow between filter elements...

... in the leakiness of the feathery antennae to air flow occurs at the air velocities produced by fanning. * e-mail: [email protected] 27 06 2000 07 09 2000 © 2000 by Company of Biologists 2000 low Reynolds number olfaction insect antenna biomechanics flow wing Lepidoptera...

... on Reynolds number, i.e. on the diameters and speeds of the hairs ( equation 1 ). wall effects low Reynolds number olfaction arthropod biomechanics antenna filter feeding Many animals from different phyla use structures bearing arrays of hairs to perform a variety of important functions...