Anatomical and ultrastructural comparison of the eyes of two species of aquatic, pulmonate gastropods: The bioluminescent Latia neritoides and the non-luminescent Ancylus fluviatilis

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 739-750

  Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^a,b   Bobkova, Marina V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Ecophysiology; Electron microscopy; Eye; Freshwater; Gastropoda; Limpet; Mollusca; New Zealand; Photoreceptor; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY;

ANCYLUS FLUVIATILIS; LATIA NERITOIDES;

EID: 0035568034     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9517039     Document Type: Article

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