How does the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) flash its blue rings?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 3752-3757

  Mäthger, Lydia M ^a   Bell, George R R ^a   Kuzirian, Alan M ^a   Allen, Justine J ^a,b   Hanlon, Roger T ^a,c  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Chromatophore; Color change; Communication; Iridescence; Warning display

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC VENOM; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; LIGHT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; LIGHT; MOLLUSK VENOMS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTOXINS; OCTOPODIFORMES; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84867550040     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.076869     Document Type: Article

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