Physical properties of the tunic in the pinkish-brown salp Pegea confoederata (Tunicata: Thaliacea)

Physical properties of the tunic in the pinkish-brown salp Pegea confoederata (Tunicata: Thaliacea)

Abstract Background Invisibility in the water column is a crucial strategy for gelatinous zooplanktons in avoiding detection by visual predators, especially for animals distributed in the euphotic zone during the daytime; i.e., surface dwellers that do not undergo diel vertical migration. Salps, a m...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Sakai, Hiroshi Kakiuchida, Jun Nishikawa, Euichi Hirose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Zoological Letters
Subjects:
Ultrastructure
Hardness
Transparency
Light reflection; spectroscopic ellipsometry; nipple array; rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA)
Salps
Pegea
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-018-0091-1

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