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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ilse M. Daly, Martin J. How, Julian C. Partridge, Shelby E. Temple, N. Justin Marshall, Thomas W. Cronin, Nicholas W. Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12140