Iridophore layer of iris composed of a outer layer of regularly tiled iridophores and an inner layer of randomly arranged iridophores. The outer regularly tiled iridophores reflect blue green light. The light reflecting crystals in the iris iridophores are composed of anhydrous Beta-guanine. [ GOC:cvs http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-180822-3 ORCiD:0000-0002-2244-7917 ]
Synonyms: iridophore layer iris argenta
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- portion of tissue
- ectoderm-derived structure
- existence starts during or after some pharyngula:high-pec
- part of some iris