{"title":"A spider's tactile hairs","authors":"F. Barth","doi":"10.2991/978-94-6239-133-8_4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The spiders’ remarkable evolutionary and ecological success to a large extent is due to their highly developed sensory systems. Among these the cuticular hairs are the most obvious ones. They also provide the input stage for a spider’s sense of touch. As will be shown spider tactile hairs are surprisingly well “designed” to serve their particular sensory purposes.","PeriodicalId":74760,"journal":{"name":"Scholarpedia journal","volume":"31 1","pages":"7267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2991/978-94-6239-133-8_4","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Scholarpedia journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-133-8_4","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The spiders’ remarkable evolutionary and ecological success to a large extent is due to their highly developed sensory systems. Among these the cuticular hairs are the most obvious ones. They also provide the input stage for a spider’s sense of touch. As will be shown spider tactile hairs are surprisingly well “designed” to serve their particular sensory purposes.