A line of sensory organs and associated structures along the sides of fish and amphibia that detect vibrations and pressure changes. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471209627 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_line_system https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0815318960 ]
Term information
- XAO:0000095
- Wikipedia:Lateral_line_system
- AAO:0000269
- MAT:0000249
- VHOG:0001243
- TAO:0000034
- MIAA:0000249
- AAO:0000975
- EFO:0000941
- MESH:D053403
- ZFA:0000034
uberon_slim, efo_slim
relationship loss: is_formed_by lateral line receptor organ (AAO:0001001)[AAO]
we model this as being potentially inclusive of lateral line scales, and thus overlapping with the skeletal system. This is to accomodate TAO
Sensory system which develops from a specialized series of dorsolateral ectodermal placodes named lateral line placodes.[AAO]
A sensory system on the surface of the fish, consisting of small sensory patches (neuromasts) distributed in discrete lines over the body surface. The lateral line system is stimulated by local water displacements and vibrations, and detects propulsion of the fish through the water, as well as facilitating shoaling, prey capture, and predator and obstacle avoidance. (See Anatomical Atlas entry for lateral line by T. Whitfield.)[TAO]
The mechanosensory lateral line system is widely distributed in aquatic anamniotes. It was apparently present in the earliest vertebrates, as it has been identified in agnathans, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, lungfishes, the crossopterygian Latimeria, and aquatic amphibians.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- sensory system
- overlaps some peripheral nervous system
- has part some lateral line
- only in taxon some Vertebrata