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Fig. 18. Lateral line system of the surfperch, Hyperprosopon. After Walker
( 1967). Reprinted from “Lateral Line Detectors” edited by Phyllis Cahn, copyright
@ 1967 by Indiana University Press. Reprinted by permission.
have been summarized by Disler (1960), and the microscopic anatomy
of the individual receptors was described by Dijkgraaf (1952a), Cahn
and Shaw (1962), and many other authors (cf. Cahn, 1967) (Figs. 19
and 20). As reviewed by Dijkgraaf (1963a), some of the early literature
Fig. 19. Schematic of a neuromast unit of the lateral line system. Key: cu,
cupula; ki, kinocilium; mc, mantle cell; ne, nerve ending; nf, nerve fiber; sen, sensory
cell; st, stereocilium; and sup, supporting cell. After Iwai (1967). Reprinted from
“Lateral Line Detectors” edited by Phyllis Cahn, copyright @ 1967 by Indiana
University Press. Reprinted by permission.