The variation of resolution and of ommatidial dimensions in the compound eyes of the fiddler crab Uca lactea annulipes (Ocypodidae, Brachyura, Decapoda)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1569-1577

  Zeil, Jochen ^a,b   Al Mutairi, Maha M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

compound eyes; Crustacea; resolution; Uca lactea annulipes; visual ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029808284     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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