Spectral sensitivity of the visual system of endemic Baikal amphipods

Drozdova, P. B.; Saranchina, A. E.; Timofeyev, M. A.

doi:10.31951/2658-3518-2020-A-4-781

Spectral sensitivity of the visual system of endemic Baikal amphipods

Authors

Drozdova, P. B. ^{1, 2}
Saranchina, A. E. ¹
Timofeyev, M. A. ^{1, 2}

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31951/2658-3518-2020-A-4-781

Keywords:

Baikal, Amphipoda, vision, opsins, evolution

Abstract

In this work, we attempted to explore the visual system of Baikal endemic amphipods with behavioral experiments. These data show that a littoral species Eulimnogammarus cyaneus can sense most wavelengths in the human-visible range, while in the case of a deep-water species Ommatogammarus flavus we did not see any response to light.