Retinal ultrastructure may mediate polarization sensitivity in larvae of the Sunburst diving beetle, Thermonectus marmoratus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-152

  Stecher, Nadine ^a   Morgan, Randy ^b   Buschbeck, Elke K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Insectarium   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect larva; Photoreceptors; Polarization sensitivity; Rhabdom

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYGROBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOBAHIA; THERMONECTUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 77955093615     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-010-0107-7     Document Type: Article

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