Queensland lungfish (adult) (Neoceratodus forsteri)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Ceratodontiformes

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
LWS cone623nm500nm640nm623nm
Rh2 cone558nm440nm563nm558nm
Rod540nm  540nm
Double cone530nm408nm445nm530nm
SWS2 cone479nm  483nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Red-Green
658nm - 601nm - 542nm
 
LWS cone Rh2 cone Photopic
Orange-Aqua
596nm - 538nm - 480nm
 
Rh2 cone
LWS cone
SWS2 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Hart N.S., Bailes H.J., Vorobyev M., Marshall N.J., Collin S.P. (2008) Visual ecology of the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) BMC Ecology (2008)8:21. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-8-21

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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