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SWIMMERETS in the crayfish are the paired ventral abdominal appendages which beat in a metachronal rhythm during behaviours such as swimming and burrow ventilation. Each swimmeret is driven by alternating bursts of impulses in antagonistic power- and return-stroke motoneurones. Why do crayfish have Swimmerets? Tell the students that the swimmeretsRead More →