Pilot whale (Globicephala sp.)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Mammalia » Eutheria » Laurasiatheria » Cetartiodactyla » Cetacea » Odontoceti » Delphinoidea

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Yellow cone531nm  531nm
Rod484nm  484nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Yellow cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Cones-Rods
569nm - 518nm - 462nm
 
Yellow cone Rod Photopic

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Notes and References:

Meredith RW, Gatesy J, Emerling CA, York VM, Springer MS (2013) Rod Monochromacy and the Coevolution of Cetacean Retinal Opsins. PLoS Genet 9(4): e1003432. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003432

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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