True colors: Female squid have 2 ways to switch color, according to a UCSB study




The female common market squid -- Doryteuthis opalescens -- may not be so common after all. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that this glamorous cephalopod possesses a pair of stripes that can sparkle with rainbow iridescence. These flank a single stripe, which can go from complete transparency to bright white.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/uoc...

Miércoles, 18 de Septiembre 2013
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