Behavioral and electrophysiological experiments suggest that the antennular outer flagellum is the site of pheromone reception in the male helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-19

  Kamio, Michiya ^a,c   Araki, Makoto ^b   Nagayama, Toshiki ^b   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Fusetani, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; CHEMORECEPTION; COPULATION; CRAB; MALE BEHAVIOR; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMALIA; CHEIRAGONIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TELMESSUS CHEIRAGONUS;

EID: 13944279991     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3593096     Document Type: Article

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