Dataset: Morphology and Kinematics of Metachronally Swimming Organisms Collected from the Literature

These data were gathered from the published literature, and the source of each is also recorded. The spreadsheet also contains calculations for various nondimensional numbers which can be used to describe this type of locomotion.  A second tab in the spreadsheet contains similar data for swimming organisms which have only 1 pair of appendages. These data were collected from the literature in 2021-2022 and will be useful to biomechanics researchers. The original morphological and kinematics data were gathered by photographing and/or filming the swimming animals. The data span a time period from 1974 to 2021. Studies were included if they included the relevant data needed to calculate the necessary parameters. In some cases (as recorded in 'Notes'), we measured body or appendage length from images of the organisms in the paper.