Polarization sensitivity in two species of cuttlefish - Sepia plangon (Gray 1849) and Sepia mestus (Gray 1849) - Demonstrated with polarized optomotor stimuli

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3364-3370

  Talbot, Christopher M ^a   Marshall, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optomotor apparatus; Optomotor response; Polarization sensitivity; Polaroid; Sepia mestus; Sepia plangon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; KYPHOSUS BIGIBBUS; SEPIA MESTUS; SEPIA PLANGON; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 77956848256     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042937     Document Type: Article

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