Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Title
Visual Spectral Sensitivity of the Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Mysid, Gnathophausia ingens
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1988
Publication Title
Biological Bulletin
ISSN
0006-3185
Volume
175
Issue/No.
2
First Page
274
Last Page
283
Abstract
The spectral sensitivity of the deep-sea mysid, Gnathophausia ingens (Family Lophogastridae), was measured by electroretinography on intact specimens. High sensitivity to orange light was found. This was an unexpected result for a species whose adult members are never found above 400 m. Results of chromatic adaptation and silent substitution experiments were not compatible with either a one pigment or dual pigment visual system, making this one of the more unusual visual systems ever described.
NSUWorks Citation
Tamara M. Frank and James F. Case. 1988. Visual Spectral Sensitivity of the Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Mysid, Gnathophausia ingens .Biological Bulletin , (2) : 274 -283. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/464.
DOI
10.2307/1541568
