Highlights•Specific innovative techniques for external and internal structures.•New quality of
documentation—accelerated acquisition of high quality data.•Independent data for …

A brief account of the history of insect morphology is given. Different techniques and
analytical methods used in current projects on insect morphology and phylogeny and their …

Resilin is a rubber‐like protein found in the exoskeleton of arthropods. It often contributes
large proportions to the material of certain structures in movement systems. Accordingly, the …

Flexible strain sensors have an irreplaceable role in critical and emerging fields, such as
electronic skins, flexible robots, and prosthetics. Although numerous efforts have been made …

Here we present a set of methods for documenting (exo‐) morphology by applying
autofluorescence imaging. For arthropods, but also for other taxa, autofluorescence imaging …

In this study, the potential of the common dye Congo red as a fluorescence marker for chitin
in the exoskeleton of small crustaceans and collagen in the polychaete cuticle was tested …

The rapid and efficient analysis of plankton samples (eg enumeration, identification,
biomass determination) has been an important driver for recent technological developments …

In biomedical and optical applications, multifunctional upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs)
play an essential role where non‐invasive temperature sensing and imaging are necessary …

Background Centipedes are terrestrial and predatory arthropods that possess an
evolutionary transformed pair of appendages used for venom injection—the forcipules …

We give an overview of available techniques for imaging and documenting applied to
gammarideans and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. Although recent …