The lens eyes of the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora and Chiropsalmus sp. are slow and color-blind

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

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 547-557

  Garm, A ^a   Coates, M M ^a   Gad, R ^a   Seymour, J ^b   Nilsson, D E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box Jellyfish; Dynamic range; Response speed; Spectral sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBOZOA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CUBOZOA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 34249813711     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0211-4     Document Type: Article

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