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Epidermal sensitivity to hypoxia in the lugworm

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Physiological and anatomical data support the idea that in the caudal epidermis of the lugworm,Arenicola marina (L.), there are chemoreceptors detecting variations of oxygen partial pressure in the ambient water.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Bât. A, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, 4 place Jussieu, F-75230, Paris Cedex 05, France

    A. Toulmond, C. Tchernigovtzeff, P. Greber & C. Jouin

  2. Station Biologique, F-29211, Roscoff, France

    A. Toulmond, C. Tchernigovtzeff, P. Greber & C. Jouin

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This research was partly supported by a C.N.R.S. grant, AI No. 582 085. We thank Dr P. Dejours and Dr J. Taxi for helpful comments and discussion, Mrs S. Dejours for editing the English of this paper, M.F. Baucher, A. Dorme, F. Kleinbauer, the staff of the Station Biologique de Roscoff and the Service de Microscopie Electronique, C.N.R.S., boulevard Raspail, Paris, for technical assistance.

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Toulmond, A., Tchernigovtzeff, C., Greber, P. et al. Epidermal sensitivity to hypoxia in the lugworm. Experientia 40, 541–543 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01982319

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