Friedman MM, Strickler JR. Chemoreceptors and feeding in calanoid copepods (Arthropoda: Crustacea).
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1975;
72:4185-8. [PMID:
1060099 PMCID:
PMC433165 DOI:
10.1073/pnas.72.10.4185]
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Abstract
Ultrastructural studies of the mouthparts of the calanoid copepod Diaptomus pallidus have revealed the presence of numerous chemoreceptors, and the apparent absence of mechanoreceptors. The setae contain no muscles, and the setules are noncellular extensions of their chitin wall. This allows a new insight into the selective feeding of zooplankters.
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