Zooplankton Sensory and Motor Systems
An outline, with some citations and links to information sources
[some updates 05/04/2012]
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INDEX
- Pelagic crustaceans - general
- Decapod shrimp
- Euphausiids
- Mysids
- Cephalopods
- Copepods
- Cladocerans
- Amphipods
- Ostracods
- Cnidaria
- Ctenophora
- Chordates
- Molluscan larvae
- Crustacean larvae
- Fish larvae
NOTE: A good starting point for information on invertebrate sensory and motor systems
is the celebrated work by T.H. Bullock and G.A. Horridge, Structure and Function in the Nervous Systems of Invertebrates. Some of the
organisms it treats are planktonic. Features of the systems in non-planktonic groups may serve
as general guides to what might be expected in planktonic ones, but with the major caveat
that special adaptations to planktonic life can significantly alter properties, so use care
in extrapolations!
Owing to time constraints, the information in the outline below must be filled in slowly.
It will start with citations to recent literature that can serve as a starting point for
those interested in pursuing the topics.
Micronekton
Decapod shrimp
- Mechanoreception
- Photoreception
- Frank 1999 Comparative
study of temporal resolution in the visual systems of mesopelagic crustaceans
- Frank (Int. Comp. Biol. 43) Effects of light adaptation on the temporal
resolution of deep-sea crustaceans
- Chemoreception
- Other receptors
- Central nervous system
- Muscle
- Bioluminescence
- Calanoid taxonomy
Euphausiids
- Photoreception
- Frank 1999 Comparative
study of temporal resolution in the visual systems of mesopelagic crustaceans
- Hiller-Adams and Case 1984. Optical parameters of euphausiid eyes as a function of habitat depth
- Chemoreception
-
Hallberg et al 1990, The aesthetasc concept: Structural variations of putative
olfactory receptor cell complexes in crustacea
Mysids
- Mechanoreception
-
Espeel 1985 Fine structure of the statocyst sensilla of the mysid shrimp Neomysis
integer (Leach, 1814) (Crustacea, Mysidacea)
- Photoreception
- Chemoreception
-
Hallberg et al 1990, The aesthetasc concept: Structural variations of putative
olfactory receptor cell complexes in crustacea
Cephalopods
- Mechanoreception
- Photoreception
- Chemoreception
- Boal and Golden 1999
Distance chemoreception in the common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (Mollusca,
Cephalopoda)
- Other receptors
- Central nervous system
- Muscle
- Bioluminescence
Mesozooplankton
Copepods
- Mechanoreception
- Photoreception
- Chemoreception
- Other receptors
- Central nervous system
- Muscle
- Bioluminescence
- Calanoid taxonomy
Cladocerans
Amphipods
Ostracods
Gelatinous Zooplankton
Cnidaria
- Mechanoreceptors
- Photoreceptors
- Chemoreceptors
- Other receptors
- Central nervous system
- Muscle
- Bioluminescence
Ctenpophora
Chordates
Meroplankton
Molluscan larvae
Crustacean larvae
- Jutte et al, 1998
Photoreception in the planktonic larvae of two species of Pullosquilla, a Lysiosquillid
` stomatopod crustacean
Fish larvae
References
Hartline, D.K., P.H. Lenz and C.M. Herren. 1996. Physiological and behavioral
responses in clanoid copepods. In Lenz, P.H. et al. eds Zooplankton: Sensory Physiology and
Ecology, Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam pp 341-354.
Latz, M.I. 1996. Physiological mechanisms in the control of bioluminescent countershading in
a midwater shrimp. In Lenz, P.H. et al. eds Zooplankton: Sensory Physiology and
Ecology, Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam pp 163-174.
Lenz, P.H., Weatherby, T.M., Weber, W. and Wong, K.K. 1996. Sensory specialization along the
first antenna of a calanoid copepod, Pleuromamma xiphias (Crustacea) Lenz, P.H. et al. eds Zooplankton: Sensory Physiology and
Ecology, Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam pp 355-364.
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