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ArticleScientific reports2018

Cerebral photoreception in mantis shrimp.

Mary W Donohue, Jonathan H Cohen, Thomas W Cronin

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The evolution of red color vision is linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuning in lycaenid butterflies.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  4. Integration of ocular and non-ocular photosensory information in the brain of the terrestrial slug Limax.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mary W DonohueDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, 21250, USA. willard3@umbc.edu.
Jonathan H CohenSchool of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, 19958, USA.
Thomas W CroninDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, 21250, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County · USUniversity of Delaware · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The currently unsurpassed diversity of photoreceptors found in the eyes of stomatopods, or mantis shrimps, is achieved through a variety of opsin-based visual pigments and optical filters. However, the presence of extraocular photoreceptors in these crustaceans is undescribed. Opsins have been found in extraocular tissues across animal taxa, but their functions are often unknown. Here, we show that the mantis shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii has functional cerebral photoreceptors, which expands the suite of mechanisms by which mantis shrimp sense light. Illumination of extraocular photoreceptors elicits behaviors akin to common arthropod escape responses, which persist in blinded individuals. The anterior central nervous system, which is illuminated when a mantis shrimp's cephalothorax protrudes from its burrow to search for predators, prey, or mates, appears to be photosensitive and to feature two types of opsin-based, potentially histaminergic photoreceptors. A pigmented ventral eye that may be capable of color discrimination extends from the cerebral ganglion, or brain, against the transparent outer carapace, and exhibits a rapid electrical response when illuminated. Additionally, opsins and histamine are expressed in several locations of the eyestalks and cerebral ganglion, where any photoresponses could contribute to shelter-seeking behaviors and other functions.

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AnimalsBrainDecapodaGanglion CystsHistamineOpsinsPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateHistamineOpsins

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PMID29946145
PMCPMC6018774
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