Many insects, especially nocturnal insects, exhibit positive phototaxis to artificial lights. Light
traps are currently used to monitor and manage insect pest populations, and play a crucial …

Abstract Pancrustacea (Hexapoda plus Crustacea) display an enormous diversity of eye
designs, including multiple types of compound eyes and single-chambered eyes, often with …

Seasonal changes in the natural light condition play a pivotal role in the regulation of many
biological processes in organisms. Disruption of this natural condition via the growing loss of …

Moulting is a characteristic feature of Ecdysozoa—the clade of moulting animals that
includes the hyperdiverse arthropods and less speciose groups, such as onychophorans …

Ciliary and rhabdomeric opsins are employed by different kinds of photoreceptor cells, such
as ciliary vertebrate rods and cones or protostome microvillar eye photoreceptors, that have …

Background Crustaceans express several classes of receptor genes in their antennules,
which house olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) and non-olfactory chemosensory neurons …

Photoreceptor cells in the eyes of Bilateria are often classified into microvillar cells with
rhabdomeric opsin and ciliary cells with ciliary opsin, each type having specialized …

Abstract Onychophorans, or “velvet worms”(Fig. 4.1), are multi-legged, terrestrial
invertebrates that inhabit decaying logs, soil, and leaf litter of tropical and temperate forests …

The krill species Euphausia superba plays a critical role in the food chain of the Antarctic
ecosystem. Significant changes in climate conditions observed in the Antarctic Peninsula …

Many studies have characterized class A GPCRs in crustaceans; however, their expression
in crustacean chemosensory organs has yet to be detailed. Class A GPCRs comprise …