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MYOID conduction has been suspected in the Cnidaria for some sixty years1, but has only recently been demonstrated2,3. There are no recordings available of activity at the cellular level; until now potentials from cnidarian muscles have been recorded with large extracellular electrodes covering a number of active units.
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SPENCER, A. Myoid Conduction in the Siphonophore Nanomia bijuga. Nature 233, 490–491 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233490a0
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