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Comparison of the effects of illumination on the melanophores of intact and eyestalkless fiddler crabs,Uca pugilator, and inhibition of the primary response by cytochalasin B

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Approximately 100 times more illumination is required to produce pigment dispersion in the melanophores of eyestalkless fiddler crabs (Uca pugilator) than in the melanophores of intact crabs. The pigment in melanophores of isolated legs will normally disperse in response to irradiation, but this response is inhibited by cytochalasin B.

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  1. Departments of Biology and Physics, Western Kentucky University, 42101, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

    T. P. Coohill & M. Fingerman

  2. Department of Biology, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    T. P. Coohill & M. Fingerman

  3. Marine Biological Laboratory, 02543, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

    T. P. Coohill & M. Fingerman

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This investigation was supported by a Faculty Research Grant from Western Kentucky University toT. P. Coohill and by Grant No. GB-27497 toM. Fingerman from the National Science Foundation.

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Coohill, T.P., Fingerman, M. Comparison of the effects of illumination on the melanophores of intact and eyestalkless fiddler crabs,Uca pugilator, and inhibition of the primary response by cytochalasin B. Experientia 32, 569–570 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990166

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