Surprising characteristics of visual systems of invertebrates

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• 作者：J. Gonzá ; lez-Martí ; n-Moro^a ; ^b ; ^{juliogazpeitia@gmail.com} ; ^{juliogmm@yahoo.es} ; J.L. Herná ; ndez-Verdejo^c ; A.E. Jimé ; nez-Gahete^d
• 关键词：Ocular regeneration ; Compound eye ; Ocellus ; Extreme refractive error ; Polarized light ; Polyphenism ; Tapetum lucidum
• 刊名：Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English Edition)
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：92
• 期：1
• 页码：19-28
• 全文大小：3831 K
• 卷排序：92

文摘

To communicate relevant and striking aspects about the visual system of some close invertebrates.Material and methodsReview of the related literature.ResultsThe capacity of snails to regenerate a complete eye, the benefit of the oval shape of the compound eye of many flying insects as a way of stabilizing the image during flight, the potential advantages related to the extreme refractive error that characterizes the ocelli of many insects, as well as the ability to detect polarized light as a navigation system, are some of the surprising capabilities present in the small invertebrate eyes that are described in this work.ConclusionsThe invertebrate eyes have capabilities and sensorial modalities that are not present in the human eye. The study of the eyes of these animals can help us to improve our understanding of our visual system, and inspire the development of optical devices.