Cuttlefish cue visually on area—not shape or aspect ratio—of light objects in the substrate to produce disruptive body patterns for camouflage

CC Chiao, RT Hanlon - The Biological Bulletin, 2001 - journals.uchicago.edu
Cephalopods have at least 20 body patterns for camouflage, yet these can be organized into
four categories: uniform, stipple, mottle, and disruptive (1). Among them, disruptive …

[HTML][HTML] Interactive effects of size, contrast, intensity and configuration of background objects in evoking disruptive camouflage in cuttlefish

CC Chiao, C Chubb, RT Hanlon - Vision Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Disruptive body coloration is a primary camouflage tactic of cuttlefish. Because rapid
changeable coloration of cephalopods is guided visually, we can present different visual …

Cuttlefish camouflage: visual perception of size, contrast and number of white squares on artificial checkerboard substrata initiates disruptive coloration

CC Chiao, RT Hanlon - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2001 - journals.biologists.com
We investigated some visual background features that influence young cuttlefish, Sepia
pharaonis, to change their skin patterning from 'general resemblance'of the substratum to …

Changeable cuttlefish camouflage is influenced by horizontal and vertical aspects of the visual background

A Barbosa, L Litman, RT Hanlon - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2008 - Springer
Cuttlefish change their appearance rapidly for camouflage on different backgrounds.
Effective camouflage for a benthic organism such as cuttlefish must deceive predators …

Cuttlefish dynamic camouflage: responses to substrate choice and integration of multiple visual cues

JJ Allen, LM Mäthger, A Barbosa… - … of the Royal …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Prey camouflage is an evolutionary response to predation pressure. Cephalopods have
extensive camouflage capabilities and studying them can offer insight into effective …

Disruptive coloration elicited on controlled natural substrates in cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis

LM Mäthger, CC Chiao, A Barbosa… - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.biologists.com
Cephalopods are known for their ability to change camouflage body patterns in response to
changes in the visual background. Recent research has used artificial substrates such as …

Cuttlefish camouflage: Blending in by matching background features

MJ How, M Santon - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
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Cuttlefish adjust body pattern intensity with respect to substrate intensity to aid camouflage, but do not camouflage in extremely low light

KC Buresch, KM Ulmer, D Akkaynak, JJ Allen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cuttlefish are able to camouflage to a wide variety of natural backgrounds that contain
varying colors, intensities and patterns. Numerous studies have investigated the visual cues …

Disruptive coloration in cuttlefish: a visual perception mechanism that regulates ontogenetic adjustment of skin patterning

A Barbosa, LM Mäthger, C Chubb… - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.biologists.com
Among the changeable camouflage patterns of cuttlefish, disruptive patterning is shown in
response to certain features of light objects in the visual background. However, whether …

Disruptive Body Patterning of Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Requires Visual Information Regarding Edges and Contrast of Objects in Natural Substrate Backgrounds

CC Chiao, EJ Kelman, RT Hanlon - The Biological Bulletin, 2005 - journals.uchicago.edu
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758) on mixed light and dark gravel show disruptive
body patterns for camouflage. This response is evoked when the size of the gravel is …