THE PHOTIC SENSITIVITY OF CIONA INTESTINALIS

1. Ciona possesses two means of responding to an increase in the intensity of illumination. One is by means of a local reaction; the other is by a retraction reflex of the body as a whole. 2. The "ocelli" are not photoreceptors. The photosensitive area is in the intersiphonal region conta...

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Main Author: Hecht, Selig
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1918
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140297/