Spatial control of photomechanical movements in the lateral eye of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-209

  Ankrom, Lloyd P ^a   Chamberlain, Steven C ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod vision; Compound eye; Invertebrate retina; Light adaptation; Retinal array properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; LIMULUS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EYE; EYE MOVEMENTS; HORSESHOE CRABS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0036557711     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0294-x     Document Type: Article

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