| Author/Editor | Kos, Marjanca; Bulog, Boris | |
| Title | The ultrastructure of photoreceptor cells in the pineal organ of the blind cave salamander, Proteus anguinus (Amphibia, Urodela) | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | Pflugers Arch | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 439, št. 3 Suppl | |
| Publication year | 2000 | |
| Volume | str. R175-7 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | We studied ultrastructure of the photoreceptor cells in the pineal organ of blind, depigmented, neotenic cave salamander, Proteus anguinus. Unlike in epigean vertebrates the outer segments of most photoreceptor cells consists of concentrically arranged lamellae, however; in few cells, the outer segments contain 7-9 plasma membrane disks. In both types of photoreceptor cells the outer segments enclose lumps of vesicles of different sizes. The photoreceptor cells of Proteus anguinus are similar to those in other cavernicolous fish species. | |
| Descriptors | PROTEIDAE PINEAL BODY PHOTORECEPTORS |