Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 35 minutes ago
This video shows anterior and posterior sucker attachment and detachment processes from frontal and lateral views. This research was published in the journal Journal of the Royal Society Interface in the paper: Functional morphology of suction discs and attachment performance of the Mediterranean medicinal leech (Hirudo verbena Carena) by T. Kampowski et al. The doi link for the article is rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rsif.2016.0096
This video shows anterior and posterior sucker attachment and detachment processes from frontal and lateral views. This research was published in the journal Journal of the Royal Society Interface in the paper: Functional morphology of suction discs and attachment performance of the Mediterranean medicinal leech (Hirudo verbena Carena) by T. Kampowski et al. The doi link for the article is rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rsif.2016.0096
