Spasm behavior and the diffuse nerve-net in Cassiopea xamachana (Scyphozoa: Coelenterata)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2004, Pages 91-96

  Passano, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassiopea; Diffuse nerve net; Spasm behavior; Sub umbrellar muscles

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

CASSIOPEA XAMACHANA; CONTRACTIONS; DIFFUSE NERVE-NET (DNN);

MARINE BIOLOGY;

LOCOMOTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

CASSIOPEA; CASSIOPEA XAMACHANA; COELENTERATA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 12444317702     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-3113-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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