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Polarization sensitivity and retinal topography of the striped pyjama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata – Quoy/Gaimard 1832)

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Experimental Biology, September 2010
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Title
Polarization sensitivity and retinal topography of the striped pyjama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata – Quoy/Gaimard 1832)
Published in
Journal of Experimental Biology, September 2010
DOI 10.1242/jeb.048165
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Authors

Christopher M. Talbot, Justin Marshall

Abstract

Coleoid cephalopods (octopus, cuttlefish and squid) potentially possess polarization sensitivity (PS) based on photoreceptor structure, but this idea has rarely been tested behaviourally. Here, we use a polarized, striped optokinetic stimulus to demonstrate PS in the striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. This species displayed strong, consistent optokinetic nystagmic eye movements in response to a drum with stripes producing e-vectors set to 0 deg, 45 deg, 90 deg and 135 deg that would only be visible to an animal with PS. This is the first behavioural demonstration of a polarized optokinetic response in any species of cephalopod. This species, which typically sits beneath the substrate surface looking upwards for potential predators and prey, possesses a dorsally shifted horizontal pupil slit. Accordingly, it was found to possess a horizontal strip of high-density photoreceptors shifted ventrally in the retina, suggesting modifications such as a change in sensitivity or resolution to the dorsal visual field.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 45 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 20%
Researcher 8 18%
Student > Bachelor 6 13%
Student > Master 4 9%
Other 3 7%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 9 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 51%
Environmental Science 3 7%
Neuroscience 3 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 9 20%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 June 2023.
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#4,226,744
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#2,412
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#18,064
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Experimental Biology
#13
of 40 outputs
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