2002
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-001-0482-y
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Pineal organs in deep demersal fish

Abstract: We studied ten species of demersal fish from depths of 1500-4800 m, i.e. regions of the abyss outside the reach of sunlight. A pineal window in the skin and/or the skull, often found in mesopelagic fish, was never observed in demersal specimens. Nine species had a well-developed pineal organ, with light- and electron-microscopic features, well known in other teleosts living in surface waters, including photoreceptor cells with inner and outer segments, synaptic ribbons, neuronal perikarya, and (radial) glial c… Show more

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“…The pineal organ has also been documented in extinct agnathans, where it was similar in relative size to that of contemporary ammocoetes (Gai et al, 2011 ), suggesting that non-visual light perception was also highly developed in these extinct groups. The observed morphological and physiological variability of this organ in tetrapods has been linked to latitudinal distribution of the species (Ralph, 1975 ), nocturnality (Bhatnagar et al, 1986 ; Haldar and Bishnupuri, 2001 ), and habitat depth in demersal fishes (Wagner and Mattheus, 2002 ; Bowmaker and Wagner, 2004 ), although none of these factors fully explained the variability found in the size and morphology of this organ across species.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The pineal organ has also been documented in extinct agnathans, where it was similar in relative size to that of contemporary ammocoetes (Gai et al, 2011 ), suggesting that non-visual light perception was also highly developed in these extinct groups. The observed morphological and physiological variability of this organ in tetrapods has been linked to latitudinal distribution of the species (Ralph, 1975 ), nocturnality (Bhatnagar et al, 1986 ; Haldar and Bishnupuri, 2001 ), and habitat depth in demersal fishes (Wagner and Mattheus, 2002 ; Bowmaker and Wagner, 2004 ), although none of these factors fully explained the variability found in the size and morphology of this organ across species.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%