A simple visual system without neurons in jellyfish larvae

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1531, 2003, Pages 2349-2354

  Nordström, Karin ^a   Wallén, Rita ^a   Seymour, Jamie ^b   Nilsson, Dan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chironex fleckerii; Chiropsalmus sp.; Pigment cup ocelli; Planula; Rhabdomeric photoreceptor; Tripedalia cystophora

Indexed keywords

VISION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; JELLYFISH; LARVA; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIPEDALIA CYSTOPHORA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CHIROPSALMUS; CNIDARIA; CUBOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYPHOZOA; TRIPEDALIA CYSTOPHORA;

EID: 0345304378     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2504     Document Type: Article

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