Lack of polarization optomotor response in the cuttlefish Sepia elongata (d'Orbigny, 1845)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 616-620

  Darmaillacq, Anne Sophie ^a   Shashar, Nadav ^b  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Perception; Polarization sensitivity; Retina; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTTLEFISH; GRATING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SEPIA ELONGATA; VISION;

EID: 45149108268     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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