Structure and optics of the eyes of the box jellyfish Chiropsella bronzie

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

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 557-569

  O'Connor, Megan ^a   Garm, Anders ^b   Nilsson, Dan E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Box jellyfish; Eyes; Photoreceptors; Visual optics; Visual systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CUBOZOA; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; HISTOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CUBOZOA; EYE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349263395     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0431-x     Document Type: Article

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