Sea urchin tube feet are photosensory organs that express a Rhabdomeric-like Opsin and PAX6

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1723, 2011, Pages 3371-3379

  Lesser, Michael P ^a   Carleton, Karen L ^b   Böttger, Stefanie A ^a   Barry, Thomas M ^a   Walker, Charles W ^a  

^a Cellular and Biomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinoderm; Opsins; Photosensory; Sea urchin; Tube feet

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMORECEPTION; ECHINODERM; LIGHT EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; PIGMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REAL TIME; RESPIRATION; TUBE DWELLER;

BILATERIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 80054003658     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0336     Document Type: Article

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