Visually guided obstacle avoidance in the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora and Chiropsella bronzie

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3616-3623

  Garm, A ^a   O'Connor, M ^a   Parkefelt, L ^a   Nilsson, D E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavior; Box jellyfish; Cnidaria; Eyes; Obstacle avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CUBOZOA; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; VISION;

ANIMALS; CUBOZOA; FEMALE; MALE; SWIMMING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CUBOMEDUSAE; CUBOZOA; SCYPHOZOA; TRIPEDALIA CYSTOPHORA;

EID: 36348983870     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.004044     Document Type: Article

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