... , S. P. and Hunt , D. M. ( 2016 ). Visual pigments in a palaeognath bird, the emu Dromaius novaehollandiae : implications for spectral sensitivity and the origin of ultraviolet vision . Proc. R. Soc. B 283 , 20161063 . 10.1098/rspb.2016.1063 Håstad , O. , Ernstdotter , E...

...-specific spectral specializations, evidenced using electroretinogram and behavioral assays. Arthropods Eye Retina Ultraviolet vision Electroretinogram Open field test There are over 48 thousand spider species on Earth (World Spider Catalog 20.5, https://wsc.nmbe.ch/ , accessed on 9...

... in this group. Mantis shrimp Ultraviolet vision Optical filters Mycosporine-like amino acids Ancestral state reconstruction Stomatopod crustaceans, commonly referred to as mantis shrimp, are well known for charismatic, aggressive behavior ( Caldwell and Dingle, 1975 ; Dingle and Caldwell...

... mechanisms protecting against extreme UV exposure present in the daylight found in the snow-covered late winter environment. * Author for correspondence ( g.jeffery@ucl.ac.uk ) 18 2 2011 © 2011. 2011 ultraviolet vision Arctic reindeer light scatter The visual system of most...

...Sam A. Maddocks; Stuart C. Church; Innes C. Cuthill SUMMARY Recent research has highlighted the extent to which birds utilise ultraviolet vision in mate choice and foraging. However, neither the importance of the ultraviolet compared with other regions of the visual spectrum nor the use...

... range, there could be at least two, maybe four, more types, depending on how they respond to ultraviolet light. *Author for correspondence (e-mail: dventura@usp.br ) 19 4 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 ultraviolet vision spectral sensitivity colour vision...

.... *Author for correspondence (e-mail: erl1@cornell.edu ) 19 4 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 visual pigment microspectrophotometry ultraviolet vision fish larvae planktivory. The stages from the egg through the larval period are considered most crucial...

.... regius . * e-mail: ajsillman@ucdavis.edu 13 04 1999 22 06 1999 © 1999 by Company of Biologists 1999 reptile snake Python regius scanning electron microscopy microspectrophotometry photoreceptor ultraviolet vision visual pigment As a group, the snakes...

... © The Company of Biologists Limited 1995 Manduca sexta Sphingidae photoreceptors insect vision ultraviolet vision pollination The ‘color vision’ of insects has been widely studied in Hymenoptera ( Peitsch et al . 1992 ; Menzel and Shmida, 1993 ; Chittka et al . 1994...