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Biol Bull 167: 437-444. (October 1984)
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MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AND MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DATA FROM PHOTORECEPTORS IN THE RETINA OF THE SEA RAVEN, HEMITRIPTERUS AMERICANUS

B. A. COLLINS 1 and E. F. MACNICHOL JR. 2

1 Laboratory of Sensory Physiology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
2 Laboratory of Sensory Physiology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, and Department of Physiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118

A histological survey of the retinas of some fishes has revealed an unusual cone formation. We repeatedly find these unusual triple cones in 10% of the retinas reviewed. To obtain further information about these photoreceptors, the sea raven, whose retina is known to contain them, was chosen for further study. Microspectrophotometric measurements were made to determine the peak absorbance of the visual pigment contained in the three individual outer segments. We report here the results of measurements made on triple cones found in the retina of the sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus.

Submitted on May 22, 1984
Accepted on June 12, 1984






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