Hunting in bioluminescent light: Vision in the nocturnal box jellyfish Copula sivickisi

Hunting in bioluminescent light: Vision in the nocturnal box jellyfish Copula sivickisi

Cubomedusae all have a similar set of six eyes on each of their four rhopalia. Still, there is a great variation in activity patterns with some species being strictly day active while others are strictly night active. Here we have examined the visual ecology of the medusa of the night active Copula...

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Main Authors: Anders eGarm, Jan eBielecki, Ronald ePetie, Dan-Eric eNilsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
Cubozoa
foraging
eyes
Spectral sensitivity
night active
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2016.00099/full

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