Spectral sensitivity of the eye of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha: Scutigeridae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Meyer Rochow, Victor Benno ^a,b   Müller, Carsten H G ^c   Lindström, Magnus ^d  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Centipede; Compound eyes; Electrophysiology; ERG; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHILOPODA; SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA; SCUTIGERIDAE; SCUTIGEROMORPHA;

EID: 33645700923     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.117     Document Type: Article

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