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Transducing element of crustacean mechano-sensory hairs

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Scolopidia have previously been reported in the subcuticular chordotonal organs of arthropods, but not in their cuticular sensilla. For the first time, a type of scolopidium was observed in the mechanoreceptive hairs of decapod crustacea.

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  1. Zoological Institute, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan

    N. Kouyama, T. Shimozawa & M. Hisada

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Supported by Grant-in Aid for Special Project Research on Mechanisms of Animal Behavior from Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. The authors thank Drs H.S. Hori, S. Nagata, and MrK. Tanahashi for their help in EM.

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Kouyama, N., Shimozawa, T. & Hisada, M. Transducing element of crustacean mechano-sensory hairs. Experientia 37, 379–380 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959872

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