COMPLEX AND MODIFIABLE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN CALLIACTIS AND STOMPHIA
Three behavior patterns in sea anemones are analyzed in relation to the receptors, elfectors, and co-ordinating s)stems required for their perfomance: Calliactis responding to molluscan “shell-factor.” Stomphia swimming to starfish and to electrical stimulation. Stomphia transferring to shells of it...
Published in: | American Zoologist |
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Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1965
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Online Access: | http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/3/573 https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/5.3.573 |
Summary: | Three behavior patterns in sea anemones are analyzed in relation to the receptors, elfectors, and co-ordinating s)stems required for their perfomance: Calliactis responding to molluscan “shell-factor.” Stomphia swimming to starfish and to electrical stimulation. Stomphia transferring to shells of its commensal Modiolus modiolus . These complex purposive acts are triggered and controlled by the excitation of chemoreceptors. Co-ordinating nervous components have not been identified. These specific responses offer possibilities for tests on learning for which unequivocal evidence does not exist in coelenterates. |
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