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Further Observations on Proprioceptors in Crustacea and a Hypothesis About Their Function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. S. Alexandrowicz
J. S. Alexandrowicz
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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In the coxal region of Eupagurus bernardus the following receptor organs have been found: (1) a muscular receptor spanning the thoracico-coxal articulation, its innervation, in which several neurons take part, being arranged on a similar pattern as in Carcinus; (2) two innervated elastic strands running along the bundles of mm. levator and depressor basipoditis respectively and inserting into the tendons of these muscles; (3) a coxo-basipodite receptor consisting of connective tissue strand with numerous bipolar nerve cells ending on it. With the exception of the coxo-basipodite receptor, all sensory neurons of these organs have their cell bodies located in the central nervous system.

It is suggested that these receptors convey impulses elicited by the movements of the legs and some hypotheses concerning the role of each of them are put forward.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , June 1958 , pp. 379 - 396
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1958

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