A new type of arthropod photoreceptor

Jordana, R. (Rafael); Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique); Montuenga-Badia, L.M. (Luis M.)

Authors:

Jordana, R. (Rafael)

Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique)

Montuenga-Badia, L.M. (Luis M.)

Keywords:

Arthropods morphology
New photoreceptor
New eye
Vesicephalus
Symphypleona
Collembola

Issue Date:

2000

Publisher:

Elsevier

Publisher Version:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803901000123

ISSN:

1873-5495

Citation:

Jordana R, Baquero E, Montuenga LM. A new type of arthropod photoreceptor. Arthropod Struct Dev 2000;29(4):289-293.

Abstract

A new type of photoreceptor for the phylum Arthropoda, found in the class Collembola (Arthropoda, Hexapoda) is reported. This new light-sensitive structure consists of a pair of interocular vesicles present in the genus Vesicephalus Richards, 1964 and is anatomically related to the cluster of ommatidia. The absence of a lens, the presence of a rabdome in the upper part of the vesicle and the reflection and refraction of light by a hemolymph bubble with incidence to the rhabdomeric structure are the main traits of this new photoreceptor.

URI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10171/20189

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