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A deepwater fish with ‘lightsabers’ – dorsal spine-associated luminescence in a counterilluminating lanternshark

We report the discovery of light organs (photophores) adjacent to the dorsal defensive spines of a small deep-sea lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax). Using a visual modeling based on in vivo luminescence recordings we show that this unusual light display would be detectable by the shark's potenti...

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Autori principali: Claes, Julien M., Dean, Mason N., Nilsson, Dan-Eric, Hart, Nathan S., Mallefet, Jérôme
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3578268/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23425862
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01308
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