Spectral and spatial properties of polarized light reflections from the arms of squid (Loligo pealeii) and cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis L.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3624-3635

  Chiou, Tsyr Huei ^a   Mäthger, Lydia M ^b   Hanlon, Roger T ^b   Cronin, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Cuttlefish; Iridophore; Polarized light; Signal; Squid; Structural color

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; COLOR; CUTTLEFISH; LIGHT; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SQUID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; COLOR; EXTREMITIES; LIGHT; LOLIGO; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; SEPIA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CEPHALOPODA; LOLIGO PEALEI; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 36348972875     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.006932     Document Type: Article

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