Term Name: compound eye pigment cell differentiation
Synonyms:
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a compound eye pigment cell, a cell of the retina containing screening pigments that functions to screen photoreceptors from light leaking from adjacent ommatidia.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0062056]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: compound eye morphogenesis
is a type of: pigment cell differentiation