[HTML][HTML] The scaling effects of substrate texture on camouflage patterning in cuttlefish

CC Chiao, C Chubb, K Buresch, L Siemann… - Vision research, 2009 - Elsevier
Camouflage is the primary defense in cuttlefish. The rich repertoire of their body patterns can
be categorized into three types: uniform, mottle, and disruptive. Several recent studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Cuttlefish camouflage: the effects of substrate contrast and size in evoking uniform, mottle or disruptive body patterns

A Barbosa, LM Mäthger, KC Buresch, J Kelly, C Chubb… - Vision research, 2008 - Elsevier
Cuttlefish are cephalopod molluscs that achieve dynamic camouflage by rapidly extracting
visual information from the background and neurally implementing an appropriate skin (or …

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 …

[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 …

Perception of visual texture and the expression of disruptive camouflage by the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis

EJ Kelman, RJ Baddeley… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Juvenile cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) camouflage themselves by changing their body pattern
according to the background. This behaviour can be used to investigate visual perception in …

[HTML][HTML] Edge detection and texture classification by cuttlefish

S Zylinski, D Osorio, AJ Shohet - Journal of Vision, 2009 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Cephalopod mollusks including octopus and cuttlefish are adept at adaptive camouflage,
varying their appearance to suit the surroundings. This behavior allows unique access into …

A review of visual perception mechanisms that regulate rapid adaptive camouflage in cuttlefish

CC Chiao, C Chubb, RT Hanlon - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2015 - Springer
We review recent research on the visual mechanisms of rapid adaptive camouflage in
cuttlefish. These neurophysiologically complex marine invertebrates can camouflage …

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 …

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 …

Mottle camouflage patterns in cuttlefish: quantitative characterization and visual background stimuli that evoke them

CC Chiao, C Chubb, KC Buresch… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Cuttlefish and other cephalopods achieve dynamic background matching with two general
classes of body patterns: uniform (or uniformly stippled) patterns and mottle patterns. Both …