The spatial resolution of the pinhole eyes of giant clams (Tridacna maxima)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1511, 2003, Pages 185-188

  Land, Michael F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Giant clam; Mollusc; Pinhole eye; Resolution; Tridacna; Vision

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; VISION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLAM; DARKNESS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; TRIDACNA; TRIDACNA MAXIMA; TRIDACNIDAE;

EID: 0037460216     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2222     Document Type: Article

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