The Pupillary Response of the Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

Autor: Cecilia Soto, Almut Kelber, Frederike D. Hanke
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Physiology, Vol 11 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-042X
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.01112
Popis: Cephalopods have very conspicuous eyes that are often compared to fish eyes. However, in contrast to many fish, the eyes of cephalopods possess mobile pupils. To increase the knowledge of pupillary and thus visual function in cephalopods, the dynamics of the pupil of one of the model species among cephalopods, the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), was determined in this study. We measured pupillary area as a function of ambient luminance to document the light and dark reaction of the octopus eye. The results show that weak light (
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