From the Schnauzenorgan to the back: Morphological comparison of mormyromast electroreceptor organs at different skin regions of Gnathonemus petersii

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 273, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 629-638

  Amey Özel, Monique ^a   Hollmann, Michael ^a   von der Emde, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active electrolocation; Electric fish; Electroreceptive skin; Metric dimensions; Mormyromast electroreceptors; Structural organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; HISTOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKIN; TRUNK;

ANIMALS; BACK; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; PERCEPTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; TORSO;

ANIMALIA; GNATHONEMUS PETERSII;

EID: 84860254604     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20009     Document Type: Article

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