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Untersuchungen zum Nachweis spezifischer Perzeptionsmechanismen im Drucksinn sessiler Krebse (Balanus balanus L. undBalanus improvisus Darwin)

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The mechanism of pressure sensitivity in marine invertebrates without gasfilled spaces is still obscure. Barmacles sum up supra- and subthreshold pressure stimuli with supra- and subthreshold shade stimuli. The subthreshold spatial summing up indicates that specific pressure receptors or receptor mechanisms exist.

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  1. Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Zoologisches und Vergleichend-Anatomisches Institut der Universität Bonn, D-53, Bonn, Deutschland

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Sommer, H.H. Untersuchungen zum Nachweis spezifischer Perzeptionsmechanismen im Drucksinn sessiler Krebse (Balanus balanus L. undBalanus improvisus Darwin). Experientia 28, 1449–1450 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957843

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