Mottle camouflage patterns in cuttlefish: Quantitative characterization and visual background stimuli that evoke them

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-199

  Chiao, Chuan Chin ^a,b   Chubb, Charles ^c   Buresch, Kendra C ^a   Barbosa, Alexandra ^a,d   Allen, Justine J ^a   Mäthger, Lydia M ^a   Hanlon, Roger T ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Body pattern; Crypsis; Defense; Mottle coloration; Sepia officinalis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; ENVIRONMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

CEPHALOPODA; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 75249097120     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.030247     Document Type: Article

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