ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2014
Shrimps that pay attention: saccadic eye movements in stomatopod crustaceans.
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- Landmark navigation in a mantis shrimp.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- A Biomimetic Model of Adaptive Contrast Vision Enhancement from Mantis Shrimp.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Complex gaze stabilization in mantis shrimp.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2018Article
- Object detection through search with a foveated visual system.PLoS computational biology · 2017Article
- The independence of eye movements in a stomatopod crustacean is task dependent.The Journal of experimental biology · 2017Article
- Insect-Like Organization of the Stomatopod Central Complex: Functional and Phylogenetic Implications.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2017Article
- Avoidance of a moving threat in the common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon): rapid tracking by body motion and eye use.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2016Article
- Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps.Nature communications · 2016Article
- A Sensory-Driven Trade-Off between Coordinated Motion in Social Prey and a Predator's Visual Confusion.PLoS computational biology · 2016Article
- Seeing and doing: how vision shapes animal behaviour.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2014Article
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Abstract
Discovering that a shrimp can flick its eyes over to a fish and follow up by tracking it or flicking back to observe something else implies a 'primate-like' awareness of the immediate environment that we do not normally associate with crustaceans. For several reasons, stomatopods (mantis shrimp) do not fit the general mould of their subphylum, and here we add saccadic, acquisitional eye movements to their repertoire of unusual visual capabilities. Optically, their apposition compound eyes contain an area of heightened acuity, in some ways similar to the fovea of vertebrate eyes. Using rapid eye movements of up to several hundred degrees per second, objects of interest are placed under the scrutiny of this area. While other arthropod species, including insects and spiders, are known to possess and use acute zones in similar saccadic gaze relocations, stomatopods are the only crustacean known with such abilities. Differences among species exist, generally reflecting both the eye size and lifestyle of the animal, with the larger-eyed more sedentary species producing slower saccades than the smaller-eyed, more active species. Possessing the ability to rapidly look at and assess objects is ecologically important for mantis shrimps, as their lifestyle is, by any standards, fast, furious and deadly.
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