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. 2021 Aug 2;379(2206):20200332. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0332

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Figure 5. — Spider strain sensors—cuticular slits in the spider C. salei. (a) The vibration sensitive lyriform organ HS10 is placed at the joint between the tarsus and metatarsus. Light micrograph courtesy of Dr Maryam Tadayon. (b) Micro-computer tomography (microCT) reconstruction of the lyriform organ HS10 and the adjacent cuticular pad. Inset: a virtual section through the reconstructed microCT data showing the outer and inner membranes. (c–e) Slit arrangements in different lyriform organs on the walking legs of C. salei. Reproduced with permission from ref. [46]. (Online version in colour.)