. Fig. 10. Section cut diametrically through one of the boss-shaped photophores borne on the bases of the pleopods of Hoplophorus novae-zealandiae. A similar section is seen in Plate XXV, fig. i. Fixed Duboscq, Delafield's haematoxylin and eosin. cut. cuticle; cytoplasm of photogenic cell; fibrous reflector; o; granular zone at bases of photogenic cells; /./. inner layer of lens; middle layer of lens; '. subsidiary intermediate layer of lens; outer layer of lens; nucleus of photogenic cell; nucleus of reflector tissue ;'. junction zone betw


. Fig. 10. Section cut diametrically through one of the boss-shaped photophores borne on the bases of the pleopods of Hoplophorus novae-zealandiae. A similar section is seen in Plate XXV, fig. i. Fixed Duboscq, Delafield's haematoxylin and eosin. cut. cuticle; cytoplasm of photogenic cell; fibrous reflector; o; granular zone at bases of photogenic cells; /./. inner layer of lens; middle layer of lens; '. subsidiary intermediate layer of lens; outer layer of lens; nucleus of photogenic cell; nucleus of reflector tissue ;'. junction zone between the fibres of the photophore nerve and the striated zone; clear area of photogenic cell; attachment of longitudinal photophore muscle; photophore muscle loop (seen clearly in Fig. 12) cut transversely; photophore nerve; striated zone.


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