title: Vision: two plus four equals six.
abstract: Using two UV-sensitive visual pigments and the UV-filtering properties of four mycosporine-like amino acids, mantis shrimp create six spectrally distinct UV receptors. This is yet another example of the unique ways in which mantis shrimp have adapted to extract information from their visual world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Electronic address: ERL1@cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Ellis R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Loew
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033364:Decapoda / Q000502:physiology*; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology*; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000502:physiology*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012168:Retinal Pigments