Multiple cone visual pigments and the potential for trichromatic colour vision in two species of elasmobranch

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 4587-4594

  Hart, Nathan S ^a   Lisney, Thomas J ^a   Marshall, N Justin ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aptychotrema rostrata; Elasmobranch; Microspectrophotometry; Rhinobatos typus; Shark; Shovelnose ray; Vision; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; METABOLISM; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; QUEENSLAND; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RODS (RETINA); SKATES (FISH); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHOZOA; APTYCHOTREMA; APTYCHOTREMA ROSTRATA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; RHINOBATOS; RHINOBATOS TYPUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13144281789     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01314     Document Type: Article

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