A crustacean compound eye adapted for low light intensities (Isopoda)
| Autor: | Dan-Eric Nilsson, Heimo L. Nilsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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genetic structures
Physiology business.industry Pigment cells Compound eye Anatomy Biology biology.organism_classification Crustacean eye diseases Behavioral Neuroscience Optics Ommatidium Acceptance function Focal length Animal Science and Zoology Acceptance angle sense organs business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Comparative Physiology ? A. 143:503-510 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1351 0340-7594 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00609917 |
| Popis: | The optical performance of the apposition compound eye of the marine isopodCirolana borealis Lilljeborg (Crustacea) was investigated. The ommatidia comprise large lenses (diam. ca. 150 μm), spherical crystalline cones and hypertrophied rhabdoms. The 7 rhabdomeres are fused distally and open proximally. We have designated this rhabdom type as semifused. Distal pigment cells screen neighbouring ommatidia, and a well developed reflecting pigment layer surrounds the rhabdom. The focal length was determined in situ and refractive index measurements, raytracings, and eye mappings were made. The focus was found to lie well below the distal rhabdom tip. A theoretical acceptance function was constructed and a 50% acceptance angle of 45 ° was estimated. The eye parameter (p, according to Snyder 1977) of different ommatidia was between 44 and 14. This together with the anatomy demonstrate an optimation to extremely low light intensities. TheCirolana eye provides an example where acuity is sacrificed for the eye to be able to see at the low light intensities of the inhabitat. |
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