Anterior median eyes of Lycosa Tarentula (Araneae, Lycosidae) detect polarized light: Behavioral experiments and electroretinographic analysis

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 663-671

  Ortega Escobar, J ^a   Munoz Cuevas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

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