The retinal topography of three species of coleoid cephalopod: Significance for perception of polarized light

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1565, 2011, Pages 724-733

  Talbot, Christopher M ^a   Marshall, Justin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coleoid cephalopod; E vector; Polarization sensitivity; Retinal topography; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; EYE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PERCEPTION; PHOTORECEPTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLARIZATION; SPECIALIZATION;

CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; OCTOPUS; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 79952339331     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0254     Document Type: Article

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