What's on the mind of a jellyfish? A review of behavioural observations on Aurelia sp. jellyfish

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 474-482

  Albert, David J ^a  

^a Roscoe Bay Marine Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aurelia sp; Behaviour; Nervous system; Scyphozoa; Sensory receptors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AURELIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FORAGING; GRAVITY SENSING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; JELLYFISH; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALT TOLERANCE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOUND PRESSURE; SWIMMING; TURBULENT FLOW; VIBRATION SENSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATION; SCYPHOZOA; SENSATION;

EID: 78649904156     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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