Jumping spider (Phidippus requius)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Red532nm540nm615nm608nm
Green532nm  532nm
UV370nm  369nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
 Red
Green		   Photopic
Orange-Green
609nm - 581nm - 532nm
  		Red Green Photopic
Green receptor - UV receptor
607nm - 434nm - 369nm
  		Red
Green		 UV Photopic

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Notes and References:

DeVoe, R. Ultraviolet and Green Receptors in Principal Eyes of Jumping Spiders (1975) J. Gen. Physiol., 66 pp. 193-207

Land MF (1969) STRUCTURE OF THE RETINAE OF THE PRINCIPAL EYES OF JUMPING SPIDERS (SALTICIDAE: DENDRYPHANTINAE) IN RELATION TO VISUAL OPTICS. J. Exp. Biol. 51. 443-447.

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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