A New Type of Luminescence in Fishes, III. The Gland in Cœlorhynchus cœlorhynchus Risso
Autor: | C. F. Hickling |
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Rok vydání: | 1931 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 17:853-875 |
ISSN: | 1469-7769 0025-3154 |
Popis: | The luminiferous organ of the Macrurid fish Cœlorhynchus cœlorhynchus Risso is described in this paper. It consists of a gland, flattened dorsoventrally, placed in the body-wall, just in front of the pelvic fins. The secretory epithelium is thrown into a series of tubules, projecting downwards from the roof of the gland into a system of collecting spaces: the latter are confluent, posteriorly, with a duct which leads backwards, between the pelvic fins, to the anus. Blind pouches, which run upwards for a short distance beside the rectum, arise from the duct at its external opening at the anus. |
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