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Journal of Experimental Biology 74,47-57 (1978)
Published by Company of Biologists 1978

Spectral Sensitivities of the Anterior Median Eyes of the Orb Web Spiders, Argiope Bruennichii and A. Amoena

SHIGEKI YAMASHITA 1 and HIDEKI TATEDA 1

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 33, Fukuoka 812, Japan

Spectral sensitivities of the anterior median eyes of the orb web spiders, Argiope bruennichii and A. amoena have been studied by recording extracellular ERGs and intracellular receptor potentials. The anterior median eyes have three types of visual cells, with maximum sensitivities at about 360 nm (u.v. cell), 480–500 nm (blue cell) and 540 nm (green cell). The blue cells are the most sensitive and have a circadian oscillation of sensitivity. The green cells show a hypersensitivity, i.e. the sensitivity is greater for about 90 s after the cessation of illumination than during dark adaptation. Respiration is necessary for the maintenance of hypersensitivity.

Submitted on August 1, 1977






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