Out of the blue: the evolution of horizontally polarized signals in Haptosquilla (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Protosquillidae)

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dc.contributor.authorHow, Martin J.
dc.contributor.authorPorter, Megan L.
dc.contributor.authorRadford, Andrew N.
dc.contributor.authorFeller, Kathryn D.
dc.contributor.authorTemple, Shelby E.
dc.contributor.authorCaldwell, Roy L.
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, N. Justin
dc.contributor.authorCronin, Thomas W.
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Nicholas W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-11T15:33:31Z
dc.date.available2019-04-11T15:33:31Z
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.description.abstractThe polarization of light provides information that is used by many animals for a number of different visually guided behaviours. Several marine species, such as stomatopod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs, communicate using visual signals that contain polarized information, content that is often part of a more complex multidimensional visual signal. In this work, we investigate the evolution of polarized signals in species of Haptosquilla, a widespread genus of stomatopod, as well as related protosquillids. We present evidence for a pre-existing bias towards horizontally polarized signal content and demonstrate that the properties of the polarization vision system in these animals increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the signal. Combining these results with the increase in efficacy that polarization provides over intensity and hue in a shallow marine environment, we propose a joint framework for the evolution of the polarized form of these complex signals based on both efficacy-driven (proximate) and content-driven (ultimate) selection pressures.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/G022917/1 and BB/H01635X/1 to N.W.R.), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA8655-12-1-2112 to T.W.C., N.J.M. and N.W.R.) supported this work. S.E.T was a recipient of a Yulgilbar Foundation Lizard Island Postdoctoral Fellowship.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://jeb.biologists.org/content/217/19/3425en_US
dc.format.extent7 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m21sj0-ir2o
dc.identifier.citationMartin J. How, Megan L. Porter, et.al, Out of the blue: the evolution of horizontally polarized signals in Haptosquilla (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Protosquillidae), The Journal of Experimental Biology (2014) 217, 3425-3431, doi:10.1242/jeb.107581en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.107581
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13393
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe Company of Biologists Ltden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Biological Sciences Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.rightsnon-commercial use only
dc.subjectstomatopoden_US
dc.subjectmantis shrimpen_US
dc.subjectpolarization visionen_US
dc.subjectsignal evolutionen_US
dc.subjectsensory biasen_US
dc.subjectmulti-modal signalen_US
dc.titleOut of the blue: the evolution of horizontally polarized signals in Haptosquilla (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Protosquillidae)en_US
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