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  • Title: Phagocytosis of rhabdomeral membrane by crab photoreceptors (Leptograpsus variegatus).
    Author: Stowe S.
    Journal: Cell Tissue Res; 1983; 234(2):463-7. PubMed ID: 6640629.
    Abstract:
    Many crabs possess fused rhabdoms which are partly broken down at dawn and re-synthesised at dusk. The cross-sectional area of the rhabdom is therefore smaller during the day than at night. The only previously described mechanism of membrane removal from the rhabdomere in Crustacea involves the formation of pinocytotic vesicles at the bases of the microvilli. The geometry of the rhabdom is such that uniform pinocytosis across the base of each rhabdomere would result in a stack of orthogonally oriented rectangles. In the process described here, microvilli from the outer edges of the rhabdomeres are engulfed by adjacent retinula cells, reducing the number as well as the length of the microvilli and maintaining the smooth longitudinal profile needed for optimal functioning of the rhabdom.
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