Stomatopods detect and assess achromatic cues in contests

Amanda M Franklin, Matthew B Applegate, Sara M Lewis and Fiorenzo G Omenetto

Behavioral Ecology, 2017, vol. 28, issue 5, 1329-1336

Abstract: Lay SummaryStomatopods (mantis shrimp) may disclose their fighting ability to opponents when they display a colored patch, the meral spot. We used an ultrafast laser to increase meral spot brightness of a Caribbean stomatopod species. Fights over ownership of a refuge were shorter and more active when the resident stomatopod had a brightened meral spot. This suggests that stomatopods are more willing to engage in contests when their opponents have brighter meral spots.

Keywords: brightness; crustacean; cue; luminance; signal; visual ecology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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