Invertebrate vision

Eric Warrant

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01303-0

Invertebrate vision

Eric Warrant

Lund Vision Group

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Editors	Jae Chun Choe
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	64-79
Number of pages	16
Edition	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128132517
ISBN (Print)	978-0-12-813252-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01303-0
Publication status	Published - 2019 Feb 6

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Zoology

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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

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Invertebrate vision

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