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- secondarily lost their ampullae of Lorenzini, but other non-homologous electroreceptors have repeatedly evolved, including in two groups of mammals, the monotremes...
- Ampullae of Lorenzini (sg.: ampulla) are electroreceptors, sense organs able to detect electric fields. They form a network of mucus-filled pores in the...
- A Knollenorgan is an electroreceptor in the skin of weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae (Elephantfish) from Africa. The structure was first...
- The front part of the olm's head carries sensitive chemo-, mechano-, and electroreceptors....
- occurs when groups of sensory cells embedded in the skin, known as electroreceptor organs, detect the electrical change. The EODs are used for two major...
- daytime and are not active hunters. They use camouflage and their electroreceptor pores on their dorsal area to help them sense prey nearby. Sharks portal...
- sensory organs of the lateral line were modified to function as the electroreceptors called ampullae of Lorenzini. The lateral line system is ancient and...
- adult amphibians. Many aquatic salamanders and some caecilians possess electroreceptors called ampullary organs (completely absent in anurans), that allow...
- indeed p****ive ampullary-type electroreceptors used by American paddlefish to detect plankton. Clusters of electroreceptors also cover the head and operculum...
- H.; Schwartz, E.; Szabo, T. (6 December 2012). Fessard, A. (ed.). Electroreceptors and Other Specialized Receptors in Lower Vertebrates. Springer Science...