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During the moulting cycle the sensory cells and the newly formed hair shaft remain connected to the old cuticular receptive apparatus of the sensillum by the elongated outer segments of the dendrites, which run through the exuvial space. A surface coat covering the outer dendritic segments protects them against the chemical influences of the exuvial fluid. The findings suggest that the receptors remain functional until ecdysis. This moulting type is considered to be a transitional form between the moulting types so far known.
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Guse, G.W. Fine structure of sensilla during moulting inNeomysis integer (Leach) (Crustacea, Mysidacea). Experientia 36, 1382–1384 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960109
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