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1. The lantern shark's light switch: turning shallow water crypsis into midwater camouflage.

Author

Claes, Julien M. and Mallefet, Jérôme

Subjects
PHOTOPHORES, LANTERN sharks, HORMONES, CHROMATOPHORES, ANIMAL pigments
Abstract

The article discusses a study that examined the intrinsic photophores of the lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax. Photophore-containing skin patches from the sharks were excised. The study showed that hormones operate what amounts to a unique light switch, by acting on a chromatophore iris. It suggests that the luminescence control of the shark originates from the mechanism for physiological colour change found in shallow water sharks.

Published
2010
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