Can the mechanoreceptional setae of a feeding-current feeding copepod detect hydrodynamic disturbance induced by entrained free-floating prey?

• Main Authors: Shen, Xinhui, Yao, Xin, Marcos, Fu, Henry C.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; Copepod; Seta; Mechanoreception; Prey Detection
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153648
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Copepods that catch prey using feeding currents beat their cephalic appendages to generate flow entrainment, and detect the presence of nearby prey through the mechanoreceptional setae on the antennules and other appendages. It remains unclear whether the feeding current can be used by the copepod t...