The shell-eyes of the chiton Acanthopleura granulata (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) use pheomelanin as a screening pigment

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 48, Issue 45-48, 2014, Pages 2899-2911

  Speiser, Daniel I ^a   DeMartini, Daniel G ^a   Oakley, Todd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chiton; evolution; eye; melanin; screening pigment

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EYE; MELANIN; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL; VISION;

ACANTHOPLEURA GRANULATA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 84926159300     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.959572     Document Type: Article

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