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The ocular light organ of Bathothauma lyromma (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)
Author(s) -
Dilly P. N.,
Herring Peter J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1974.tb04095.x
Subject(s) - biology , chromatophore , mollusca , anatomy , zoology , fishery
The ocular photophore of Bathothauma emits light. The presumed photogenic tissue is cellular and contains a mass of highly organized crystalloids. One of its surface abuts against a fibrous system that probably acts as a light guide. The rest of the organ is surrounded by a pigment screen of modified iridophores.