Notes on the ultrastructure of the setae on the fourth antennulary segment of the Balanus amphitrite cyprid (Crustacea : Cirripedia : Thoracica)

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This study presents electron microscopy (SEM, TEM) observations on the putative settlement receptors of the fourth antennulary segments. The TEM data from all nine setae are from the outer dendritic segment. Eight of them have morphological characteristics, indicating bimodal sensory properties while one seta (sE) is presumed to be a unimodal mechanoreceptor. We suggest that setae A and B are stimulated by the water flow, seta D is olfactory, seta E detects the topography of the substratum by touch, and the subterminal setae are touch chemoreceptors. No function is suggested for seta C.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Volume83
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)361-365
Number of pages5
ISSN0025-3154
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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KeyWords Plus: SCANNING-ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY; LARVAE

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