CHEMOTAXIS IN THE FLORIDA SPINY LOBSTER, PANULIRUS ARGUS

Author

• PAMELA BIRDE REEDER

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The relative importance of chemosensory input from the medial vs the lateral antennular flagellae to the orientation behaviour of the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, is examined. The experimental results show that the lateral filament, specifically the aesthetasc tuft of the lateral filament, is necessary and sufficient to effect chemotaxis in this organism. Results further demonstrate a role of lateral filament input in both tropotactic and klinotactic mechanisms of odour orientation.

Extent

38 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.

Recommended Citation

REEDER, PAMELA BIRDE, "CHEMOTAXIS IN THE FLORIDA SPINY LOBSTER, PANULIRUS ARGUS" (1979). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 684.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/684

Identifier

FADT13975

Format

pdf