Biomineralization of mantis shrimp dactyl club following molting: apatite formation and brominated organic components

• Main Authors: Chua, Isaiah Jia Qing, Christensen, Thorbjørn Erik Køppen, Palle, Jonas, Wittig, Nina Kølln, Grünewald, Tilman A., Garrevoet, Jan, Spiers, Kathryn M., Castillo-Michel, Hiram, Schramm, Andreas, Chien, Wang Loo, Sobota, Radoslaw M., Birkedal, Henrik, Miserez, Ali
• 其他作者: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2024
• 主題: Engineering; Biomineralization; Mantis shrimp
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174294
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

The stomatopod Odontodactylus scyllarus uses weaponized club-like appendages to attack its prey. These clubs are made of apatite, chitin, amorphous calcium carbonate, and amorphous calcium phosphate organized in a highly hierarchical structure with multiple regions and layers. We follow the developm...