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External Sensors and the Dorsal Organ of Crustacea

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Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology

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The Crustacea, along with other arthropods, provide ideal material for a study of sense organs. The dorsal organ is used as an example of a recently recognised sensor offering new opportunities for research.

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  1. Gatty Marine Laboratory, St Andrews, Scotland, KY16 8LB

    M. S. Laverack

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  1. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, D-2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    K. Wiese

  2. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Basel, Rheinsprung 9, CH-4051, Basel, Switzerland

    W.-D. Krenz

  3. Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-7750, Konstanz, Germany

    J. Tautz

  4. Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Département de Biologie Animale, Université de Genève, 20, rue Ecole de Médecine, CH-1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

    H. Reichert

  5. Zoology Department, University of California at Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    B. Mulloney

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Laverack, M.S. (1990). External Sensors and the Dorsal Organ of Crustacea. In: Wiese, K., Krenz, WD., Tautz, J., Reichert, H., Mulloney, B. (eds) Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5689-8_9

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