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Photoreceptive Function of an Epithelial Receptor in Nassarius Reticulatus [Gastropoda, Prosobranchia]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Mary Crisp
Mary Crisp
Affiliation:
Gatty Marine Laboratory and Department of NaturalHistory, University of St Andrews,Fife, Scotland
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Many animals have a diffuse extra-ocular sensitivity to light. Limited areas of particular dermal photosensitivity have been localized in, for example, Mya siphon (Light, 1930) and the tail of ammocoetes (Steven, 1951) but identification of the receptors is difficult. Even when candidate receptors are known, owing to their small size and the limitations of light microscopy, they have been imperfectly characterized (e.g. Light, 1930) and their identification questioned (Steven, 1963).

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , May 1972 , pp. 437 - 442
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1972

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