The siphonophore Nanomia has a pair of giant fibres running along the stem, the larger of which conducts at velocities up to 3 metres/second. Histologically the two giant fibres appear to be composite, partially syncytial structures representing specializations within the general ectodermal nerve plexus.
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G. O. Mackie (1973) studied this question.
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