Biological optics: circularly polarised crustaceans.
A novel visual capability, the detection of circularly polarised light, has been demonstrated in a mantis shrimp, a colourful crustacean from tropical reefs.
Land
Michael
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Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK. m.f.land@sussex.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*