Evidence for a two pigment visual system in the fiddler crab, Uca thayeri

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

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 493-499

  Horch, K ^a   Salmon, M ^b   Forward, R ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Eye; Photopigment; Uca; Vision

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; COLOR; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; COLOR; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VISION;

EID: 0036667093     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0325-7     Document Type: Article

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