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| Title: |
Active marine predators: The sensory world of cephalopods |
| Author: |
Budelmann, Bernd U. |
| Appeared in: |
Marine & freshwater behaviour & physiology |
| Paging: | Volume 27 (1996) nr. 2-3 pages 59-75 |
| Year: |
1996-01 |
| Contents: |
Most cephalopods are voracious and very mobile predators with highly developed sense organs that rival the equivalent vertebrate sense organs in complexity. A brief description is given of cephalopod predation and the sense organs that are directly, or indirectly, involved: (i) the vertebrate-like lens eyes with their complex extraocular eye muscle system; (ii) the epidermal head and arm lines which are analogous to the lateral lines of fishes and aquatic amphibians; (iii) the vestibular analogue statocysts with receptor systems for linear (gravity) and angular accelerations; (iv) the proprioceptive neck receptor organ which controls head-to-body positions; (v) the sucker and muscle mechanoreceptors; and (vi) the contact and distance chemoreceptors. In addition, the possibility of hearing is discussed. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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