Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Arthropoda » Chelicerata » Arachnida » Araneae » Araneomorphae » Thomisidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Green receptor520nm  520nm
UV receptor340nm  339nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
Green receptor   Photopic
Green receptor - UV receptor
520nm - 393nm - 338nm
 
Green receptor UV receptor Photopic

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Notes and References:

Defrize J., Lazzari C.R., Warrant E.J., Casas J. (2011) Spectral sensitivity of a colour changing spider. Journal of Insect Physiology 57(4) pp. 508-513. ISSN 0022-1910. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.01.016

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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