Dynamic biophotonics: Female squid exhibit sexually dimorphic tunable leucophores and iridocytes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 3733-3741

  DeMartini, Daniel G ^a   Ghoshal, Amitabh ^a   Pandolfi, Erica ^a   Weaver, Aaron T ^a   Baum, Mary ^a   Morse, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Doryteuthis opalescens; Iridescence; Iridophore; Male mimicry; Structural color

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; COLOR; CYTOLOGY; DORYTEUTHIS OPALESCENS; FEMALE; IRIDESCENCE; IRIDOPHORE; MALE; MALE MIMICRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SKIN; STRUCTURAL COLOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CEPHALOPOD; DORYTEUTHIS OPALESCENS; IRIDESCENCE; IRIDOPHORE; MALE MIMICRY; STRUCTURAL COLOR;

ANIMALS; COLOR; DECAPODIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SKIN;

EID: 84883567175     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.090415     Document Type: Article

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