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- Diffusive structural colour in Hoplia argentea
Summary: Hoplia argentea beetles are diffusely green as a result of the combination of a multilayered photonic structure and a filamentous pigmented layer that acts as a diffuser.
- Transparent anemone shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni) become opaque after exercise and physiological stress in correlation with increased hemolymph perfusion
Summary: Transparency in shrimp is reversibly disrupted after exposure to physiological or environmental stressors; the increase in opacity is associated with a corresponding increase in hemolymph perfusion to the abdominal musculature.
- Geographic divergence and colour change in response to visual backgrounds and illumination intensity in bearded dragons
Highlighted Article: Background colour and illumination intensity both elicit colour change in bearded dragon lizards, which makes them more similar to local backgrounds.