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Invertebrate vision

Warrant, Eric LU orcid (2019) p.64-79
Abstract

The extraordinary adaptability of invertebrates is in no small part due to their sense organs, and particularly their eyes, which help them to find food, locate mates, escape predators and migrate to new habitats. Even though most invertebrates do not see as sharply as we do, many see much better in dim light, can experience many more colours, can see polarised light and can clearly distinguish extremely rapid movements. This short article explores the most important functional modalities of visual sensation in invertebrates and how vision is used in daily life.

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Apposition compound eye, Camera eye, Cephalopod, Colour vision, Concave-mirror eye, Crustacean, Eye spot, Insect, Mollusc, Optic lobe, Pinhole eye, Pit eye, Polarisation vision, Sensitivity, Spatial vision, Superposition compound eye, Temporal vision
host publication
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
editor
Chun Choe, Jae
edition
2
pages
16 pages
publisher
Elsevier
external identifiers
  • scopus:85079259613
ISBN
9780128132517
978-0-12-813252-4
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01303-0
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English
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yes
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2020-02-26 11:24:49
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  author       = {{Warrant, Eric}},
  booktitle    = {{Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior}},
  editor       = {{Chun Choe, Jae}},
  isbn         = {{9780128132517}},
  keywords     = {{Apposition compound eye; Camera eye; Cephalopod; Colour vision; Concave-mirror eye; Crustacean; Eye spot; Insect; Mollusc; Optic lobe; Pinhole eye; Pit eye; Polarisation vision; Sensitivity; Spatial vision; Superposition compound eye; Temporal vision}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  pages        = {{64--79}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  title        = {{Invertebrate vision}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01303-0}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01303-0}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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