Atlas of Arthropod Sensory Receptors: Dynamic Morphology in Relation to Function

The great variety in structure and function of arthropod sensory organ s is due to the huge number of species living in spatially and tempora lly different environments and to great variation in behavioral patter ns. This atlas compiles the electron microscopic anatomy of arthropod sensory organophotoreceptors, chemoreceptors, and others in relation t o function, behavior, and environment. The authors show how each senso ry receptor is finely tuned to detect the necessary information in the arthropods surroundings and how the sensory receptors dynamically cha nge their fine structures according to their functional and adaptation al states. In each two-page spread of the book, electron or light micr ographs are shown on the right, with diagrammatic illustrations and ac companying text on the left, in a format that is attractive and easy t o understand. The atlas provides an important bridge between the physi ology and morphology of arthropod sensory receptors.