Annelid chemoreception

[Francois H. Lallier]

>subject. I am doing both physiology and anatomy. Any references to Annelid
>chemoreception in general would be greatly appreciated. You can contact me
>directly rather than reply to the list.

Here are a few starting points from our team:

1984. TOULMOND A., TCHERNIGOVTZEFF C., GREBER P., JOUIN C. Epidermal
sensitivity to hypoxia in the lugworm. Experientia, 40: 541-543.

1985. JOUIN C., TCHERNIGOVTZEFF C., BAUCHER M.F., TOULMOND A. Fine
structure of probable mechano- and chemoreceptors in the caudal epidermis
of the lugworm, Arenicola marina (Annelida, Polychaeta) Zoomorphology, 105:
76-82.

1987. CONTI E. Acute toxicity of three detergents and two insecticides in
the lugworm, Arenicola marina  (L.): a histological and a scanning electron
microscopic study. Aquat. Toxicol., 10: 325-334.

1988. DEJOURS P., TOULMOND A. Ventilatory reactions of the lugworm
Arenicola marina (L.) to ambient water oxygenation changes: a possible
mechanism. Physiol. Zool., 61: 407-414.

Francois Lallier


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