Evolutionary Optics: How Mantis Shrimps Enhance Photoreception and Signaling Effectiveness

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2021-07-26

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Cronin, Thomas W. “Evolutionary Optics: How Mantis Shrimps Enhance Photoreception and Signaling Effectiveness.” In OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021 (2021), Paper NoW1D.1, NoW1D.1. Optica Publishing Group, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1364/NOMA.2021.NoW1D.1.The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:periodical: OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021 (2021), paper NoW1D.1

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Mantis shrimps (stomatopod crustaceans) have evolved numerous adaptations in their photoreceptors and in body structures used to produce visual signals. Novel optical structures exist at microscales and nanoscales, often operating by previously unknown optical mechanisms.