Great diving beetle

Scientific name: Dytiscus marginalis

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0580

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Structure

Form and structure

The great diving beetle has a streamlined body, flattened from top to bottom, with prominent ridges along the sides and underside, and it averages 27 millimetres in length.

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1ADW: Dytiscus marginalis: InformationSRC-DSC-D9CCAC973C

Adaptation

The great diving beetle swims by moving its two hind legs at the same time, and modelling of this synchronized stroke estimated its hydrodynamic efficiency at about 18 percent.

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1ADW: Dytiscus marginalis: InformationSRC-DSC-D9CCAC973C
2Wake-based unsteady modeling of the aquatic beetle Dytiscus marginalisSRC-DSC-207384922B
3Studies of the nurse cells and follicular epithelial cells during oogenesis in the diving beetle Dytiscus marginalisSRC-DSC-1581054883

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