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Title: Jets generated by crayfish fan organs

Description: While searching for food the Red Swamp crayfish generates one or two outward jets. These jets induce an inflow that draws odour to the crayfish’s anterior chemoreceptors.

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References: P. Denissenko, S. Lukaschuk, and T. Breithaupt (2007) "The flow generated by an active olfactory system of the red swamp crayfish", J Exp. Biol. 210, 4083-4091.

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Contributed By: Petr Denissenko

 
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