Meeting Abstract 82-4 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:45 – 09:00 Future Directions in the Whole Body Eye of Sea Urchins: Effects of Phylogeny, Light Intensity, and Spine Density NOTAR, JC*; GORDON, MS; Duke University; Univ. of California, Los Angeles julia.notar@duke.edu http://indysea.wordpress.com Sea urchin behavioral reactions to light are more complex than previously thought. These animals have a diffuse […]
year: 2017
Eyes in their Stars Photoreceptor Anatomy and Visual behaviour in Ophiocoma
Meeting Abstract 82-3 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45 Eyes in their Stars? Photoreceptor Anatomy and Visual behaviour in Ophiocoma SUMNER-ROONEY, LH*; RAHMAN, I; SIGWART, JD; ULLRICH-LÜTER, E; Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin; Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Queen’s University Belfast; Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin lsumnerrooney01@qub.ac.uk Vision and photoreception in echinoderms have perplexed researchers for more than […]
Coarse vision isn’t useless vision cleaner shrimp use monochromatic, low-resolution vision to detect client fish
Meeting Abstract 82-5 Saturday, Jan. 7 09:00 – 09:15 Coarse vision isn’t useless vision: cleaner shrimp use monochromatic, low-resolution vision to detect client fish CAVES, EM*; CHEN, CC; JOHNSEN, S; Duke University; Duke University; Duke University eleanor.caves@gmail.com http://eleanorcaves.weebly.com Cleaner shrimp live on coral reefs and provide cleaning services to client fish by removing and eating ectoparasites. However, […]
Certain chitons have hundreds of image-forming eyes, but what are they seeing
Meeting Abstract 82-2 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:15 – 08:30 Certain chitons have hundreds of image-forming eyes, but what are they seeing? CHAPPELL, DR*; SPEISER, DI; Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia; Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia danielrc@email.sc.edu Sensory biology research has mostly focused on paired cephalic sensors that are connected to a relatively complex brain; however, some organisms […]
Serotonergic Innervation of Wing and Tail Muscle by a Single Neuronal Cluster
Meeting Abstract 81-5 Saturday, Jan. 7 09:00 – 09:15 Serotonergic Innervation of Wing and Tail Muscle by a Single Neuronal Cluster SATTERLIE, RA; University of North Carolina Wilmington satterlier@uncw.edu The PD-SW cluster of serotonergic neurons of the pteropod mollusc Clione limacina have been shown to innervate the slow-twitch musculature of the wings, and to increase the electrical […]
Muscular Mechanisms and Kinematics of Rectilinear Locomotion in Boa Constrictors
Meeting Abstract 81-6 Saturday, Jan. 7 09:15 – 09:30 Muscular Mechanisms and Kinematics of Rectilinear Locomotion in Boa Constrictors NEWMAN, SJ*; JAYNE, BC; University of Cincinnati, OH; University of Cincinnati, OH newmansv@mail.uc.edu Snakes use several locomotor behaviors as their speed and the terrain vary, and all but one of the major modes of terrestrial snake locomotion have […]
Modeling mechanosensory proprioceptive feedback in lamprey locomotion
Meeting Abstract 81-1 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:00 – 08:15 Modeling mechanosensory proprioceptive feedback in lamprey locomotion TYTELL, ED*; MASSARELLI, N; YAU, A; KIEMEL, T; HOFFMAN, KA; Tufts Univ.; Univ. Maryland, Baltimore County; Tufts Univ.; Univ. Maryland, College Park; Univ. Maryland, Baltimore County eric.tytell@tufts.edu Sensory feedback is an integral part of the complex closed-loop system of locomotion. Lampreys […]
Haltere and visual information processing in the central complex of the fly brain
Meeting Abstract 81-2 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:15 – 08:30 Haltere and visual information processing in the central complex of the fly brain KATHMAN, ND*; FOX, JL; Case Western Reserve University; Case Western Reserve University ndk9@case.edu The reduced hindwings of flies, known as halteres, are specialized mechanosensory organs that are essential for flight. Through arrays of strain-sensitive sensilla […]
Changes in Centralization of Control of Movement as Speed Varies
Meeting Abstract 81-4 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:45 – 09:00 Changes in Centralization of Control of Movement as Speed Varies NEVELN, ID*; MURRAY, N; SPONBERG, S; Georgia Institute of Technology ineveln2@gmail.com Legged locomotion requires control of numerous complex coupled systems, yet strategies employed by animals such as cockroaches allow for robust navigation through varied environments. As animals move […]
A Load-Based, Leg-Local Mechanism for Inter-Leg Coordination in Insects
Meeting Abstract 81-3 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45 A Load-Based, Leg-Local Mechanism for Inter-Leg Coordination in Insects DALLMANN, CJ*; HOINVILLE, T; DÜRR, V; SCHMITZ, J; Bielefeld University, Germany; Bielefeld University, Germany; Bielefeld University, Germany; Bielefeld University, Germany cdallmann@uni-bielefeld.de Adaptive and stable walking requires that a leg’s stance-to-swing transition is coordinated with the step cycles of the […]
