(Euperipatoides rowelli)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Onychophora

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Receptor474nm  474nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
Receptor   Photopic

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Notes and References:

Beckmann, H., Hering, L., Henze, M. J., Kelber, A., Stevenson, P. A., & Mayer, G. (2015). Spectral sensitivity in Onychophora (velvet worms) revealed by electroretinograms, phototactic behaviour and opsin gene expression. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(6), 915-922.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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