Many aquatic invertebrates are associated with surfaces, using adhesives to attach to the
substratum for locomotion, prey capture, reproduction, building or defence. Their intriguing …

The hard tissues of animals, such as skeletons and teeth, are constructed by a biologically
controlled process called biomineralization. In invertebrate animals, biominerals are …

Oral ulcers (OUs) are the most common lesions of the oral mucosa and severely reduce
patients' quality of life. Several types of patches for the self-treatment of OU have been …

Barnacles adhere by producing a mixture of cement proteins (CPs) that organize into a
permanently bonded layer displayed as nanoscale fibers. These cement proteins share no …

The calcareous shell and sessile lifestyle are the representative phenotypes of many
molluscs, which happen to be present in barnacles, a group of unique crustaceans. The …

Barnacles are the only sessile lineages among crustaceans, and their sessile life begins
with the settlement of swimming larvae (cyprids) and the formation of protective shells …

Crustaceans are the champions of mineral mobilization and deposition in the animal
kingdom due to their unique ability to rapidly and periodically mineralize and demineralize …

Calcium carbonate skeletal tissues in metazoans comprise a small quantity of occluded
organic macromolecules, mostly proteins and polysaccharides that constitute the skeletal …

Following their planktonic phase, the larvae of benthic marine organisms must locate a
suitable habitat to settle and metamorphose. For oysters, larval adhesion occurs at the …

Acorn barnacles are efficient colonizers on a wide variety of marine surfaces. As they
proliferate on critical infrastructure, their settlement and growth have deleterious effects on …