Contractions of holothurian muscles

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1980 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Comparative Physiology ? A, volume 136, pages 103-112 (issn: 0340-7594, eissn: 1432-1351,

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Authors: C. Ladd Prosser; George O. Mackie;

doi: 10.1007/bf00656906

Contractions of holothurian muscles

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In response to quick stretch, contraction is elicited in longitudinal retractor muscles of five tested species of holothurians, and in the pharyngeal retractor ofCucumaria. The effects of amplitude of stretch and rate of stretch are additive. Rates of contraction and repetitiveness of response, and spontaneous rhythmicity (especially in muscles ofLeptosynapta), correlate with mode of life.

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