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Journal of Experimental Biology 88,351-356 (1980)
Published by Company of Biologists 1980

The Detection of Waterborne Vibration by Sensory Hairs on the Chelae of the Crayfish

J. TAUTZ ¹ and D. C. SANDEMAN ²

¹ Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Department of Neurobiology, Box 475, P.O., Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601, Australia; FB Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-7750 Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany.
² Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Department of Neurobiology, Box 475, P.O., Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601, Australia

Sensory hairs on the chelae of the Australian freshwater crayfish Cherax destructor are grouped together into pits. Electrophysiological recordings from the sensory axons of isolated chelipeds show that the hairs are maximally sensitive to water vibration frequencies between 150–300 Hz. The amplitude threshold is about 0·2 µm water molecule oscillation.

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