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Diversity of Lateral Line Systems: Evolutionary and Functional Considerations

  • Coombs S
  • Janssen J
  • Webb J
Springer New York, (1988), 553-593
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3714-3_22
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Abstract

The lateral line system is the only sensory system unique to aquatic vertebrates, being restricted to fish and some aquatic amphibians. It contains at least two, and probably three, different receptor classes: ciliated mechanoreceptors, electroreceptors, and a...

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Coombs, S., Janssen, J., & Webb, J. F. (1988). Diversity of Lateral Line Systems: Evolutionary and Functional Considerations. In Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals (pp. 553–593). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3714-3_22

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