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dc.coverage.spatialCaribbeanen
dc.coverage.spatialGulf of Mexicoen
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-19T11:00:12Z
dc.date.available2020-05-19T11:00:12Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-04
dc.identifier.citationNo eyes? No problem: Marine creature expands boundaries of vision. (2020, January 4). Panay News, p. 9.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/8708
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPanay News, Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.panaynews.net/no-eyes-no-problem-marine-creature-expands-boundaries-of-vision/en
dc.subjectmarine organismsen
dc.subjectvisionen
dc.subjectphotoreceptorsen
dc.subjectchromatophoresen
dc.titleNo eyes? No problem : Marine creature expands boundaries of visionen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journalTitlePanay Newsen
dc.citation.spage9en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberPN20200104_9en
local.seafdecaqd.extractA cousin of the starfish that resides in the coral reefs of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico lacks eyes, but can still see. Researchers said on Thursday that the red brittle star, called Ophiocoma wendtii, is only the second creature known to be able to see without having eyes – known as extraocular vision –joining a single species of sea urchin. It possesses this exotic capability thanks to light-sensing cells, called photoreceptors, covering its body and pigment cells, called chromatophores that move during the day to facilitate the animal’s dramatic color change from a deep reddish-brown in daytime to stripy beige at nighttime.en
local.subject.personalNameSumner-Rooney, Lauren
local.subject.corporateNameOxford University Museum of Natural Historyen
local.subject.scientificNameOphiocoma wendtiien
dc.contributor.corporateauthorReutersen


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