The escal photophore of ceratioids (Pisces; Ceratioidei) - A review of structure and function

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 265-284

  Munk, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deep sea teleosts; Light guides; Light organs; Symbiotic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; FISH; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0033215378     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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