Visual physiology of the Antarctic amphipod Abyssorchomene plebs

• Main Authors: Cohen, Jonathan H., Frank, Tamara M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Marine Biological Laboratory 2006
• Subjects: Amphipoda; Physiological optics; Gammaridae; Aquatic biodiversity; Marine biology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Hurley; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=3171579

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-Rochow and Tiang, 1979). Specimens were transported in darkness at 4 °c over the next 4 days to the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (Fort Pierce, Florida), where all experiments were conducted. This manuscript is available at http://www.biolbull.org/ and may be cited as: Cohen, J. H., & Frank, T. M. (2006). Visual physiology of the Antarctic amphipod Abyssorchomene plebs. The Biological Bulletin, 211(2), 140-148. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1635.