(Systellaspis debilis)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Arthropoda » Pancrustacea » Malacostraca » Eumalacostraca » Decapoda » Caridea » Oplophoridae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Green receptor493nm  493nm
UV receptor400nm  400nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
Green receptor   Photopic
Green receptor - UV receptor
494nm - 443nm - 399nm
 
Green receptor UV receptor Photopic

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Notes and References:

Frank, T. M. & Cased, J, F. (1987) Visual Spectral Sensitivities of Bioluminescent Deep-sea Crustaceans. The Biological Bulletin Vol. 175, No. 2 (Oct., 1988), pp. 261-273

Hiller-Adams, P., Widder, E. A., Case, J. F. (1987) The visual pigments of four deep-sea crustacean species. J Comp Physiol A (1988) 163:63-72

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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