ReviewAnimal cognition2023
Photobehaviours guided by simple photoreceptor systems.
Review in Animal cognition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- A light-off response characterised by body contraction and ciliary arrest in Acropora coral larvae.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- The GPROP3 gene controls larval negative phototaxis in Aedes albopictus (Skuse) and shows structural and regulatory conservation across invasive Aedes species.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Living at the Interface: Behavioral, Evolutionary and Ecological Insights of Spring Use by Highly Mobile Stygobiont Crustaceans,Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Harnessing Algae-Derived Bioactive Compounds for Sustainable and Effective Photoprotection in Skincare.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Light in the Darkness: Responses to Light and Diel Activity Rhythm in an Eyeless Cave Flatworm (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Regulatory Genes in Eyespot Formation and Function of Mytilus coruscus.Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Larval swimming in the sea anemoneEcology and evolution · 2024Article
- Phototactic preference and its genetic basis in the planulae of the colonial HydrozoanbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Unpacking the navigation toolbox: insights from comparative cognition.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Review
- Inter-turn intervals inCommunicative & integrative biology · 2024Article
- Mechanisms of anti-predator behavior in the great ramshorn snail (Planorbarius corneus).PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Light provides a widely abundant energy source and valuable sensory cue in nature. Most animals exposed to light have photoreceptor cells and in addition to eyes, there are many extraocular strategies for light sensing. Here, we review how these simpler forms of detecting light can mediate rapid behavioural responses in animals. Examples of these behaviours include photophobic (light avoidance) or scotophobic (shadow) responses, photokinesis, phototaxis and wavelength discrimination. We review the cells and response mechanisms in these forms of elementary light detection, focusing on aquatic invertebrates with some protist and terrestrial examples to illustrate the general principles. Light cues can be used very efficiently by these simple photosensitive systems to effectively guide animal behaviours without investment in complex and energetically expensive visual structures.
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