The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a photoreceptor cell, as found in the eye, the primary visual organ of most organisms.
negative regulation of photoreceptor cell differentiation +
ocellus photoreceptor cell differentiation +
photoreceptor cell development +
photoreceptor cell fate commitment +
positive regulation of photoreceptor cell differentiation +
post-embryonic eye morphogenesis +
regulation of photoreceptor cell differentiation +