A novel function for a carotenoid: Astaxanthin used as a polarizer for visual signalling in a mantis shrimp

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 584-589

  Chiou, Tsyr Huei ^a,b   Place, Allen R ^c   Caldwell, Roy L ^d   Marshall, N Justin ^b   Cronin, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoid; Linear dichroism; Polarized light; Stomatopod

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; LIGHT; PENAEIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; LIGHT; PENAEIDAE; VISION, OCULAR; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOPLOCARIDA; ODONTODACTYLUS SCYLLARUS; STOMATOPODA;

EID: 84856513744     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.066019     Document Type: Article

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