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Vision in Octopus and Squid: Rhodopsin and Retinochrome in the Octopus Retina

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Vision in cephalopods is frequently found to be controlled by a dual system of the photosensitive pigments rhodopsin and retinochrome. The implications of such a system have been investigated for the octopus (first article) and the squid (second article).

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    TOMIYUKI HARA, REIKO HARA & JITSUZO TAKEUCHI

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HARA, T., HARA, R. & TAKEUCHI, J. Vision in Octopus and Squid: Rhodopsin and Retinochrome in the Octopus Retina. Nature 214, 572–573 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214572a0

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