The neuroethology of escape in crabs: From sensory ecology to neurons and back

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-200

  Hemmi, Jan M ^a,b   Tomsic, Daniel ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CRAB; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; ETHOLOGY; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROETHOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; THREAT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; BRAIN; ESCAPE REACTION; ETHOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROLOGY; NEURONS;

EID: 84860365672     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.11.012     Document Type: Review

References (56)

1. Palmer C.R., Kristan W.B. Contextual modulation of behavioral choice. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2011, 21:520-526.
2. Boeddeker N., Lindemann J.P., Egelhaaf M., Zeil J. Responses of blowfly motion-sensitive neurons to reconstructed optic flow along outdoor flight paths. J Comp Physiol A 2005, 191:1143-1155.
3. Straw A.D., Rainsford T., O'Carroll D.C. Contrast sensitivity of insect motion detectors to natural images. J Vis 2008, 8. doi:32.10.1167/8.3.32.
4. van Hateren J.H., Kern R., Schwerdtfeger G., Egelhaaf M. Function and coding in the blowfly H1 neuron during naturalistic optic flow. J Neurosci 2005, 25:4343-4352.
5. Einhauser W., König P. Getting real-sensory processing of natural stimuli. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2010, 20:389-395.
6. Maimon G., Straw A.D., Dickinson M.H. Active flight increases the gain of visual motion processing in Drosophila. Nat Neurosci 2010, 13:393-399.
7. Egelhaaf M., Grewe J., Kern R., Warzecha A.K. Outdoor performance of a motion-sensitive neuron in the blowfly. Vision Res 2001, 41:3627-3637.
8. Chiappe M.E., Seelig J.D., Reiser M.B., Jayaraman V. Walking modulates speed sensitivity in Drosophila motion vision. Curr Biol 2010, 20:1470-1475.
9. Marder E., Bucher D., Schulz D.J., Taylor A.L. Invertebrate central pattern generation moves along. Curr Biol 2005, 15:R685-R699.
10. Romano A., Locatelli F., Freudenthal R., Merlo E., Feld M., Ariel P., Lemos D., Federman N., Fustinana M.S. Lessons from a crab: molecular mechanisms in different memory phases of Chasmagnathus. Biol Bull 2006, 210:280-288.
11. Land M.F. The roles of head movements in the search and capture strategy of a tern (Aves, Laridae). J Comp Physiol A 1999, 184:265-272.
12. Hemmi J.M. Predator avoidance in fiddler crabs: 1. Escape decisions in relation to the risk of predation. Anim Behav 2005, 69:603-614.
13. Oliva D., Medan V., Tomsic D. Escape behavior and neuronal responses to looming stimuli in the crab Chasmagnathus granulatus (Decapoda: Grapsidae). J Exp Biol 2007, 210:865-880.
14. Zeil J., Hemmi J.M. The visual ecology of fiddler crabs. J Comp Physiol A 2006, 192:1-25.
15. Silva P.V., Luppi T.A., Spivak E.D., Anger K. Reproductive traits of an estuarine crab, Neohelice (Chasmagnathus) granulata (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Varunidae), in two contrasting habitats. Sci Mar 2009, 73:117-127.
16. Hemmi J.M., Zeil J. Burrow surveillance in fiddler crabs. II. The sensory cues. J Exp Biol 2003, 206:3951-3961.
17. Hemmi J.M. Predator avoidance in fiddler crabs: 2. The visual cues. Anim Behav 2005, 69:615-625.
18. Smolka J., Hemmi J.M. Topography of vision and behaviour. J Exp Biol 2009, 212:3522-3532.
19. Zeil J., Al-Mutairi M.M. The variation of resolution and of ommatidial dimensions in the compound eyes of the fiddler crab Uca lactea annulipes (Ocypodidae, Brachyura, Decapoda). J Exp Biol 1996, 199:1569-1577.
20. Land M., Layne J. The visual control of behavior in fiddler crabs. 1. Resolution, thresholds and the role of the horizon. J Comp Physiol A 1995, 177:81-90.
21. Berón de Astrada M, Bengocheo M, Medan V, Tomsic D: Regionalization in the eye of the grapsid crab Chasmagnathus granulatus: variation of resolution and facet diameters. J Comp Physiol A, 2011 doi:10.1007/s00359-011-0697-7.
22. Nalbach H.O., Zeil J., Forzin L. Multisensory control of eye-stalk orientation in space: crabs from different habitats rely on different senses. J Comp Physiol A 1989, 165:643-649.
23. Hemmi J.M., Pfeil A. A multi-stage anti-predator response increases information on predation risk. J Exp Biol 2010, 213:1484-1489.
24. Hemmi J.M., Zeil J. Animals as prey: perceptual limitations and behavioural options. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 2005, 287:274-278.
25. Smolka J., Zeil J., Hemmi J.M. Natural visual cues eliciting predator avoidance in fiddler crabs. Proc R Soc B 2011, 278:3584-3592.
26. Medan V., Oliva D., Tomsic D. Characterization of lobula giant neurons responsive to visual stimuli that elicit escape behaviors in the crab Chasmagnathus. J Neurophysiol 2007, 98:2414-2428.
27. Land M., Layne J. The visual control of behavior in fiddler crabs. 2. Tracking control systems in courtship and defense. J Comp Physiol A 1995, 177:91-103.
28. Nalbach H.O. Visually elicited escape in crabs. Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology 1990, 165-172. Birkhaeuser Verlag. K. Wiese, W.D. Krent, J. Tautz, H. Reichert, B. Mulloney (Eds.).
29. Ribeiro P.D., Christy J.H., Rissanen R.J., Kim T.W. Males are attracted by their own courtship signals. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2006, 61:81-89.
30. Zeil J., Layne J. Path integration in fiddler crabs and its relation to habitat and social life. Crustacean Experimental Systems in Neurobiology 2002, 227-246. Springer. K. Wiese (Ed.).
31. Layne J.E., Barnes W.J., Duncan L.M. Mechanisms of homing in the fiddler crab Uca rapax. 2. Information sources and frame of reference for a path integration system. J Exp Biol 2003, 206:4425-4442.
32. Zeil J. Homing in fiddler crabs (Uca lactea annulipes and Uca vomeris: Ocypodidae). J Comp Physiol A 1998, 183:367-377.
33. Walls M.L., Layne J.E. Fiddler crabs accurately measure two-dimensional distance over three-dimensional terrain. J Exp Biol 2009, 212:3236-3240.
34. Walls M.L., Layne J.E. Direct evidence for distance measurement via flexible stride integration in the fiddler crab. Curr Biol 2009, 19:25-29.
35. Hemmi J.M., Merkle T. High stimulus specificity characterizes anti-predator habituation under natural conditions. Proc R Soc B 2009, 276:4381-4388.
36. Tomsic D., Berón de Astrada M., Sztarker J. Identification of individual neurons reflecting short- and long-term visual memory in an arthropod. J Neurosci 2003, 23:8539-8546.
37. Berón de Astrada M., Sztarker J., Tomsic D. Visual interneurons of the crab Chasmagnathus studied by intracellular recordings in vivo. J Comp Physiol A 2001, 187:37-44.
38. Berón de Astrada M., Medan V., Tomsic D. How visual space maps in the optic neuropils of a crab. J Comp Neurol 2011, 519:1631-1639.
39. Sztarker J., Strausfeld N.J., Andrew D., Tomsic D. Neural organization of first optic neuropils in the littoral crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis and the semiterrestrial species Chasmagnathus granulatus. J Comp Neurol 2009, 513:129-150.
40. Sztarker J., Strausfeld N.J., Tomsic D. Organization of optic lobes that support motion detection in a semiterrestrial crab. J Comp Neurol 2005, 493:396-411.
41. Berón de Astrada M., Tomsic D. Physiology and morphology of visual movement detector neurons in a crab (Decapoda: Brachyura). J Comp Physiol A 2002, 188:539-551.
42. Sztarker J., Tomsic D. Binocular visual integration in the crustacean nervous system. J Comp Physiol A 2004, 190:951-962.
43. Sztarker J., Tomsic D. Neuronal correlates of the visually elicited escape response of the crab Chasmagnathus upon seasonal variations, stimuli changes and perceptual alterations. J Comp Physiol A 2008, 194:587-596.
44. Hemmi J.M., Zeil J. Robust judgement of inter-object distance by an arthropod. Nature 2003, 421:160-163.
45. Tomsic D., Massoni V., Maldonado H. Habituation to a danger stimulus in two semiterrestrial crabs: ontogenic, ecological and opioid modulation correlates. J Comp Physiol A 1993, 173:621-633.
46. Lozada M., Romano A., Maldonado H. Long-term habituation to a danger stimulus in the crab Chasmagnathus granulatus. Physiol Behav 1990, 47:35-41.
47. Fathala Mdel V., Iribarren L., Kunert M.C., Maldonado H. A field model of learning: 1. Short-term memory in the crab Chasmagnathus granulatus. J Comp Physiol A 2010, 196:61-75.
48. Fathala Mdel V., Kunert M.C., Maldonado H. A field model of learning: 2. Long-term memory in the crab Chasmagnathus granulatus. J Comp Physiol A 2010, 196:77-84.
49. Raderschall C.A., Magrath R.D., Hemmi J.M. Habituation under natural conditions: model predators are distinguished by approach direction. J Exp Biol 2011, 214:4207-4214.
50. Tomsic D., Pedreira M.E., Romano A., Hermitte G., Maldonado H. Context-US association as a determinant of long-term habituation in the crab Chasmagnathus. Anim Learn Behav 1998, 26:196-209.
51. Tomsic D., Romano A., Maldonado H. Behavioral and mechanistic bases of long-term habituation in the crab Chasmagnathus. Adv Exp Med Biol 1998, 446:17-35.
52. Tomsic D., de Astrada M.B., Sztarker J., Maldonado H. Behavioral and neuronal attributes of short- and long-term habituation in the crab Chasmagnathus. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2009, 92:176-182.
53. Sztarker J., Tomsic D. Brain modularity in arthropods: individual neurons that support " what" but not " where" memories. J Neurosci 2011, 31:8175-8180.
54. Wiersma CAG, Roach JLM, Glantz RM: Neural integration in the optic system. In The Biology of the Crustacea, vol 4. Neural integration and behavior. Edited by Sandeman DC, Atwood HL. Academic Press; 1982:1-31.
55. Harrison R.R., Fotowat H., Chan R., Kier R.J., Olberg R., Leonardo A., Gabbiani F. Wireless neural/EMG telemetry systems for small freely moving animals. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2011, 5:103-111.
56. Fotowat H., Harrison R.R., Gabbiani F. Multiplexing of motor information in the discharge of a collision detecting neuron during escape behaviors. Neuron 2011, 69:147-158.