Comparative visual function in elasmobranchs: Spatial arrangement and ecological correlates of photoreceptor and ganglion cell distributions

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 549-561

  Litherland, Lenore ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elasmobranchs; Ganglion cells; Photoreceptors; Retinal topography; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ELASMOBRANCHII; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ECOSYSTEM; ELASMOBRANCHII; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NIGHT VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SHARKS; SKATES (FISH); VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 51049086627     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080693     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. ALI, M.A. & ANCTIL, M. (1974). Retinas of the electric ray (Narcine brasiliensis) and the freshwater stingray (Paratrygon motoro). Vision Research 14, 587-588.
2. ALI, M.A. & KLYNE, M.A. (1985). Phylogeny and functional morphology of the vertebrate retina. In Vertebrate Morphology, ed. DUNCKER, H.R. & FLEISCHER, G. pp. 633-648. Stuttgart, Germany: Gustav Fischer Verlag.
3. BOZZANO, A. (2004). Retinal specialisations in the dogfish, Centroscymnus coelolepis from the Mediterranean deep-sea. Scientia Marina 68, 185-195.
4. BOZZANO, A. & COLLIN, S.P. (2000). Retinal ganglion cell topography in elasmobranchs. Brain, Behaviour and Evolution 55, 191-208.
5. BOZZANO, A., MURGIA, R., VALLERGA, S., HIRANO, J. & ARCHER, S. (2001). The photoreceptor system in the retinae of two dogfishes, Scyliorhinus canicula and Galeus malastomus: Possible relationship with the depth distribution and predatory lifestyle. Journal of Fish Biology 59, 1258-1278.
6. BRAEKEVELT, C.R. (1992). Photoreceptor fine structure in the southern fiddler ray (Trygonorhina fasciata). Histology and Histopathology 7, 283-289.
7. BRAEKEVELT, C.R. (1994). Retinal photoreceptor fine structure in the short-tailed stingray (Dasyatis brevicaudata). Histology and Histopathology 9, 507-514.
8. CARRARO, R. & GLADSTONE, W. (2006). Habitat preference and site fidelity of the ornate wobbegong shark (Orectolobus ornatus) on rocky reefs of New South Wales. Pacific Science 60, 207-223.
9. COHEN, J.L. & GRUBER, S.H. (1985). Spectral input to lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) ganglion cells. Journal of Comparative Physiology 156, 579-586.
10. COLLIN, S.P. (1988). The retina of the shovel-nosed ray, Rhinobatos batillum (Rhinobatidae): Morphology and quantitative analysis of the ganglion, amacrine and bipolar cell populations. Journal of Experimental Biology 47, 195-207.
11. COLLIN, S.P. (2008). A web-based archive for topographic maps of retinal distribution in vertebrates. Clinical and Experimental Optometry 91, 85-95.
12. COLLIN, S.P. & PETTIGREW, J.D. (1988a). Retinal ganglion cell topography in teleosts: A comparison between Nissl-stained material and retrograde labelling from the optic nerve. Journal of Comparative Neurology 276, 412-422.
13. COLLIN, S.P. & PETTIGREW, J.D. (1988b). Retinal topography in reef teleosts I: Some species with well-developed areae but poorly-developed streaks. Brain, Behaviour and Evolution 31, 269-282.
14. COLLIN, S.P. & PETTIGREW, J.D. (1988c). Retinal topography in reef teleosts II: Some species with prominent horizontal streaks and high-density areae. Brain, Behaviour and Evolution 31, 283-295.
15. COLLIN, S.P. & PETTIGREW, J.D. (1989). Quantitative comparison of the limits on visual spatial resolution set by the ganglion cell layer in twelve species of reef teleosts. Brain, Behaviour and Evolution 34, 184-192.
16. COMPAGNO, L.J.V. (1984). Sharks of the world: Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish Synopsis 4, 251-655.
17. COMPAGNO, L.J.V. (1990). Alternative life-history styles of cartilaginous fishes in time and space. Environmental Biology of Fishes 28, 33-75.
18. CORTES, E. (1999). Standardized diet composition and trophic levels of sharks. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56, 707-717.
19. CURCIO, A.C., PACKER, O. & KALINA, R.E. (1987). A whole mount method for sequential analysis of photoreceptor and ganglion cell topography in a single retina. Vision Research 27, 9-15.
20. FERN, D. (2004). Optics and retinal anatomy of the brown banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum. Hons. Thesis. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
21. Fernald, R.D. (1988). Aquatic adaptations of fish eyes. In Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals, ed. ATEMA, J.F., FAY, R.R., POPPER, A.N. & TAVOLGA, W.N., pp. 435-466. New York: Springer-Verlag.
22. FOUTS, W.R. & NELSON, D.R. (1999). Prey capture by the Pacific angel shark, Squatina californica: Visually mediated strikes and ambush-site characteristics. Copeia 1999, 304-312.
23. FRITSCHES, K.A., MARSHALL, N.J. & WARRANT, E.J. (2003). Retinal specializations in the blue marlin: Eyes designed for sensitivity to low light levels. Marine and Freshwater Research 54, 333-341.
24. GILBERT, P.W. (1963). The visual apparatus of sharks. In Sharks and Survival, ed. GILBERT, P.W., pp. 283-326. Boston, MA: D.C. Health and Co.
25. GILBERT, P.W., SIVAK, J.G. & PELHAM, R.E. (1981). Rapid pupil change in selachians. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59, 560-564.
26. GRUBER, S.H. & COHEN, J.L. (1985). Visual system of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, with emphasis on retinal structure. Memoir #9: The Southern California Academy of Sciences 9, 61-72.
27. GRUBER, S.H., GULLEY, R.L. & BRANDON, J. (1975). Duplex retina in 7 elasmobranch species. Bulletin of Marine Science 25, 353-358.
28. GRUBER, S.H., HAMASAKI, D.H. & BRIDGES, C.D.B. (1963). Cones in the retina of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevicaudatus). Vision Research 3, 397-399.
29. GUTHRIE, D.M. & MUNTZ, W.R.A. (1993). Role of vision in fish behaviour. In Behaviourof teleost fishes, ed. PITCHER, T.J., 2nd edition, pp. 89-128. London: Chapman & Hall.
30. HAMASAKI, D.I. & GRUBER, S.H. (1965). The photoreceptors of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum and the sting ray, Dasyatis sayi. Bulletin of Marine Science 15, 1051-1059.
31. HART, N.S., LISNEY, T.J., MARSHALL, N.J. & COLLIN, S.P. (2004). Multiple cone visual pigments and the potential for trichromatic colour vision in two species of elasmobranch. Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 4587-4594.
32. HART, S.N., LISNEY, T.J. & COLLIN, S.P. (2006). Visual communication in elasmobranchs. In Communication in Fishes, ed. LADICH, F., COLLIN, S.P., MOLLER, P. & KAPOOR, B.G., pp. 337-372. Plymouth, UK: Science Publishers.
33. HEUPEL, M.R. & BENNETT, M.B. (1998). Observations on the diet and feeding habits of the epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre), on Heron Island Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 49, 753-756.
34. HOBSON, E.S. (1963). Feeding behaviour in three different species of sharks. Pacific Science 17, 171-194.
35. HUETER, R.E. (1991). Adaptations for spatial vision in sharks. Journal of Experimental Zoology Supplement 5, 130-141.
36. HUGHES, A. (1977). The topography of vision in mammals of contrasting life style: Comparative optics and retinal organisation. In The Visual System in Vertebrates, Vol. VII/5, ed. CRESCITELLI, F., pp. 613-756. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
37. HUGHES, A. (1981). One brush tailed possum can browse as much pasture as a 0.06 sheep which may indicate why this "arboreal" animal has a visual streak: Some comments on the "terrain" theory. Vision Research 21, 957-958.
38. KATO, S. (1962). Histology if the retinas of the pacific sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus and Triaenodon obesus. Masters Thesis. The University of Hawaii, Ohau, Hawaii.
39. KUCHNOW, K.P. (1971). Elasmobranch pupillary response. Vision Research 11, 1395-1397.
40. KYNE, P.M. (2000). Aspects of the reproductive biology and diet of the eastern shovelnose ray, Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw & Nodder, 1794), from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Hons. Thesis. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
41. LAST, P.R. & STEVENS, J.D. (1994). Sharks and Rays of Australia. Hobart, Australia: CSIRO.
42. LISNEY, T.J. (2004). Neuroethology and vision in elasmobranchs. Doctorate Thesis. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
43. LITHERLAND, L. (2001). Retinal topography in elasmobranchs: Interspecific and ontogenetic variations. Hons. Thesis. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
44. LOGIUDICE, F.T. & LAIRD, R.J. (1994). Morphology and density distribution of cone photoreceptors in the retina of the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina. Journal of Morphology 221, 277-289.
45. LYTHGOE, J.N. (1979). The Ecology of Vision. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
46. VAN DER MEER, H.J. (1991). Ecomorphology of Photoreception in Haplochromine Cichlid Fishes. Alblasserdam, The Netherlands: Haveka B.V.
47. VAN DER MEER, H.J. & ANKER, G.C. (1984). Retinal resolving power and sensitivity of the photopic system in seven haplochromine species (Teleostei, Cichlidae). Netherlands Journal of Zoology 34, 197-209.
48. O'CONNELL, C.P. (1963). The structure of the eye of Sardinops caerulea, Engraulis mordax and four other pelagic marine teleosts. Journal of Morphology 113, 287-319.
49. PETERSON, E.H. & ROWE, M.H. (1980). Different regional specializations of neurons in the ganglion cell layer and inner plexiform layer of the Californian horned shark, Heterodontus francisci. Brain Research 201, 195-201.
50. PETTIGREW, J.D., DREKER, B., HOPKINS, S. & BROWN, M. (1988). The mosaic of the retinal ganglion cells in the echolocating of bats (Microchiroptera): Estimation of visual acuity. Brain, Behaviour and Evolution 32, 39-56.
51. RODIECK, R.W. (1973). The Vertebrate Retina: Principles of Structure and Function. San Francisco, CA: W.H. Freeman and Company.
52. RODIECK, R.W. & BRENING, R.K. (1983). Retinal ganglion cells: Properties, types, genera, pathways and trans-species comparisons. Brain, Behaviour and Evolution 23, 121-164.
53. SIVAK, J.G. (1991). Elasmobranch visual optics. Journal of Experimental Zoology Supplement 5, 13-21.
54. SMITH, K. (2006). Eye movement and visual field in elasmobranchs. Hons. Thesis. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
55. STELL, W.K. (1972). The structure and morphologic relations of rods and cones in the retina of the spiny dogfish, Squalus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 42, 141-151.
56. STELL, W.K. & WITKOVSKY, P. (1973a). Retinal structure in the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis: General description and light microscopy of giant ganglion cells. Journal of Comparative Neurology 148, 1-32.
57. STELL, W.K. & WITKOVSKY, P. (1973b). Retinal structure in the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis: Light microscopy of photoreceptor and horizontal cells. Journal of Comparative Neurology 148, 33-46.
58. STONE, J. (1981). The Wholemount Handbook: A Guide to the Preparation and Analysis of Retinal Wholemounts. Sydney, Australia: Maitland Publications Pty Ltd.
59. TAMURA, T. (1957). A study of visual perception in fish, especially on resolving power and accommodation. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 22, 536-557.
60. TAMURA, T. & WISBY, W.J. (1963). The visual sense of pelagic fishes especially the visual axis and accommodation. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 13, 433-448.
61. THEISS, S.M., LISNEY, T.J., COLLIN, S.P. & HART, N.S. (2006). Colour vision and visual ecology of the blue-spotted maskray, Dasyatis kuhlii Muller & Henle, 1814. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193, 67-79.
62. TOYODA, J., SAITO, T. & KONDO, H. (1978). Three types of horizontal cells in the stingray retina: Their morphology and physiology. Journal of Comparative Neurology 179, 569-580.
63. WARRANT, E.J. (1999). Seeing better at night: Life style, eye design and the optimum strategy of spatial and temporal summation. Vision Research 39, 1611-1630.
64. WEISSBURG, M.J. & BROWMAN, H.I. (2005). Sensory biology: Linking the internal and external ecologies of marine organisms. Marine Ecology Progress Series 287, 263-265.
65. YEW, D.T., CHAN, Y.W., LEE, M. & LAM, S. (1984). A biophysical, morphological and morphometrical survey of the eye of the small shark (Hemiscyllium plagiosum). Anatomischer Anzeiger 155, 355-363.