Visual physiology of the Antarctic amphipod Abyssorchomene plebs

• Main Authors: Cohen, Jonathan H., Frank, Tamara M.
• Other Authors: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Marine Biological Laboratory
• Subjects: Amphipoda; Physiological optics; Gammaridae; Aquatic biodiversity; Marine biology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Hurley; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3171579; https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A5634/datastream/TN/view/Visual%20physiology%20of%20the%20Antarctic%20amphipod%20Abyssorchomene%20plebs.jpg

In this study, we examined aspects of the visual physiology of the Antarctic amphipod Abyssorchomene plebs (Hurley, 1965) (Gammaridea: Lysianassoidea). This species is a common benthic scavenger that lives at depths from 10 to 800m and has a circumpolar distribution (Rakusa-Suszczewments (Meyer-Roch...