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Dynamic Skin Patterns in Cephalopods.


ABSTRACT: Cephalopods are unrivaled in the natural world in their ability to alter their visual appearance. These mollusks have evolved a complex system of dermal units under neural, hormonal, and muscular control to produce an astonishing variety of body patterns. With parallels to the pixels on a television screen, cephalopod chromatophores can be coordinated to produce dramatic, dynamic, and rhythmic displays, defined collectively here as "dynamic patterns." This study examines the nature, context, and potential functions of dynamic patterns across diverse cephalopod taxa. Examples are presented for 21 species, including 11 previously unreported in the scientific literature. These range from simple flashing or flickering patterns, to highly complex passing wave patterns involving multiple skin fields.

SUBMITTER: How MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474490 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dynamic Skin Patterns in Cephalopods.

How Martin J MJ   Norman Mark D MD   Finn Julian J   Chung Wen-Sung WS   Marshall N Justin NJ  

Frontiers in physiology 20170619


Cephalopods are unrivaled in the natural world in their ability to alter their visual appearance. These mollusks have evolved a complex system of dermal units under neural, hormonal, and muscular control to produce an astonishing variety of body patterns. With parallels to the pixels on a television screen, cephalopod chromatophores can be coordinated to produce dramatic, dynamic, and rhythmic displays, defined collectively here as "dynamic patterns." This study examines the nature, context, and  ...[more]

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