Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps
Mantis shrimps are known to display large pitch, yaw and torsional eye rotations. Here, the authors show that these eye movements allow mantis shrimp to orientate particular photoreceptors in order to better discriminate the polarization of light.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12140 |