A NEW-TYPE OF PHOTORECEPTOR IN ANTHOPHARYNX SACCULIPENIS (PLATHELMINTHES, SOLENOPHARYNGIDAE)

Authors
SOPOTTEHLERS B
Citation
B. Sopottehlers, A NEW-TYPE OF PHOTORECEPTOR IN ANTHOPHARYNX SACCULIPENIS (PLATHELMINTHES, SOLENOPHARYNGIDAE), Hydrobiologia, 305(1-3), 1995, pp. 177-182
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
305
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
177 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1995)305:1-3<177:ANOPIA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The unpaired eye of A. sacculipenis consists of two sensory cells and one pigmented mantle cell. The light-sensing organelles are formed by flattened and rolled lamellae, which are not of ciliary origin but der ive from the surface membrane of the sensory cells. The pigment of the mantle cell appears black in living animals, but electron-lucent in t he EM picture. The significance of these special features is discussed .