Evidence for air movement signals in the agonistic behaviour of a nocturnal arachnid (order Amblypygi).

Many arthropods possess filiform hair sensilla (termed trichobothria in arachnids), which are extremely sensitive detectors of medium particle displacement. Electrophysiological evidence in some taxa suggests that these sensilla can detect air particle displacements resulting from intraspecific comm...

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Main Authors: Roger D Santer, Eileen A Hebets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3154198?pdf=render