Color matching on natural substrates in cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis

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

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 577-585

  Mäthger, Lydia M ^a   Chiao, Chuan Chin ^a,b   Barbosa, Alexandra ^a,c   Hanlon, Roger T ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Chromatophore; Color change; Contrast; Spectral reflectance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CUTTLEFISH; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEPIA; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 43749099403     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0332-4     Document Type: Article

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