Morphologic and kinematic parameters of the lateral flagellum of a Panulirus argus antennule and the dynamically scaled antennule model used in our experiments
| . | Antennule diameter (mm) . | Guard hair diameter (μm) . | Aesthetasc diameter (μm) . | Aesthetasc length (μm) . | Fluid viscosity (m2 s–1) . | Flick velocity (cm s–1) . | Return velocity (cm s–1) . | Re flick . | Re return . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. argusantennule* | 1±0.2 | 60±9 | 22±3 | 720±50 | 1.0×10-6 | 9±1 | 2±1 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Model | 40±5 | 2.4×103 | 800±100 | 2.9×104 | 5.8×10-5 | 14.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.5 |
| . | Antennule diameter (mm) . | Guard hair diameter (μm) . | Aesthetasc diameter (μm) . | Aesthetasc length (μm) . | Fluid viscosity (m2 s–1) . | Flick velocity (cm s–1) . | Return velocity (cm s–1) . | Re flick . | Re return . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. argusantennule* | 1±0.2 | 60±9 | 22±3 | 720±50 | 1.0×10-6 | 9±1 | 2±1 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Model | 40±5 | 2.4×103 | 800±100 | 2.9×104 | 5.8×10-5 | 14.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.5 |
Data from Goldman and Koehl (Goldman and Koehl, 2001). Values are means ± 1 s.d.