Compared to the uncompressed state, compression of the hydrostatic skeleton or disc is theorized to increase intralamellar fiber alignment, increase the interlamellar fiber angle, and increase ...

Earthworms are completely soft and with a hydrostatic skeleton - a flexible skeleton filled with fluid. Its body is divided into segments and the segments allow it to burrow into earth.

In the pteropod mollusc Clione limacina Phipps 1774, individuals possess an open circulatory system that fills their body cavities and functions as a hydrostatic skeleton. Individuals of C. limacina ...