... by gastropods, covering behavioural patterns, navigational strategies and neural underpinnings. Chemosensation Chemotaxis Chemoreception Mollusca Crawling Sensory integration Aquatic gastropods are diverse and abundant molluscs, with snails and slugs occupying many different marine...

... invertebrate circulation cardiac ontogeny extracardiac circulation transitory structures velum larval heart direct development Mollusca ecophysiology hypoxia Most of our knowledge of invertebrate cardiovascular physiology stems from adult organisms (Maynard, 1961 ; McMahon et al., 1997a...

... in a catch state, retaining the organ inside without high-energy expenditure. * Author for correspondence ([email protected]) 22 9 2009 © 2010. 2010 Basommatophora catch copulation mating Mollusca Pulmonata Lymnaea stagnalis Protrusible and evertible organs...

... metabolism ventilation exercise Cephalopoda Mollusca mantle muscle mantle cavity pressure © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 20 12 2005 * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) ...

... in the evolution of shell form. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 11 8 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 stomatopoda crustacea fracture biomechanics force impact cavitation mollusca shell evolution peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus...

... heart 5-hydroxytryptamine Mollusca Cardiac output is controlled by integrating the autoregulation of the heart and the action of extrinsic factors. In an earlier study (Smith, 1985a) on the isolated ventricle of the whelk Busycon canaliculatum , alteration of the preload level, as set...