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Electroreceptor vs Knollenorgan - What's the difference?

electroreceptor | knollenorgan |

As nouns the difference between electroreceptor and knollenorgan

is that electroreceptor is a cell or organ responsible for electroreception while knollenorgan is .

electroreceptor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a cell or organ responsible for electroreception

    • knollenorgan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tuberous electroreceptor organ found in the skin of weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae from Africa, which is specialized for electrical communication.

    • References

    *Bennett, M. V. L. (1965) Electroreceptors in Mormyrids. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium Quantitative Biology. 30:245-262. *Bennett, M. V. L. (1971) Electroreceptors. In: Fish Physiology, W. S. Hoar and D. J. Randall, Eds., pp. 493-574. Academic Press, New York. *Franz, V. (1920) Zur mikroscopischen Anatomie der Mormyriden. Zool. Jb. Anat. Abt. 43, 91-148. *Szabo, T. (1965) Sense organs of the lateral line system of some electric fish of the Gymnotidae, Gymnarchidae, and Mormyridae. J. Morph. 117:229-250.