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Loligo Lab Report

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Synopsis. The chromatophore organs of Loligo are each composed of five types of cells: a central pigment cell; radially arranged, obliquely striated muscle fibers; neuronal pro? cesses; glial cells; and an investment of sheath cells. Sheath cells are absent in Octopus chromatophore organs. The cycle of expansion and retraction of a chromatophore organ may occur within the order of a second. It is clear that the muscle fibers expand the pigment cell and spread out the pigment granules. The pigment is contained within an unusual, filamentous, cytoplasmic compartment called the cytoelastic sacculus. This com? partment has elastic properties.
Reflector cells and iridocytes produce structural colors even though their components are colorless. Reflector

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