topotaxis

Japanese: topotaxis
topotaxis

...Taxis that occurs by this mechanism is called kinesis (or aspecific motility). The other type, which occurs when the organism moves in a direction directly toward the stimulus, is called directional motility (or topotaxis to distinguish it from the former). There are several different mechanisms for this.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "topotaxis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このようなしくみでおこる走性をキネシスkinesis(または無定位運動性)という。 もう一つは,刺激に対して直接ある方向をとって動く場合で,狭義の走性(または前者と区別するために指向走性(またはトポタキシスtopotaxis))という。これにはいくつかの異なるしくみがある。…

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