| the identification and role of a novel eicosanoid in the reproductive behaviour of barnacles (balanus balanus). | post-copulatory behaviour in barnacles involves a violent rocking movement of the opercular valves, which is thought to contribute to the expulsion of oocytes through the oviduct into the mantle cavity where they are fertilised. we demonstrate in this study that the seminal vesicles/testis of the subtidal barnacle balanus balanus produce a biologically active factor, barnacle muscle stimulatory factor (bmsf), which causes a significant increase in cirral and body muscular activity. bmsf was iden ... | 2006 | 16424106 |