How crustaceans see
144 crustaceans have at least one vision value measured in the species itself. The ranges below use measured values only.
- Colour receptor classes, measured in 100 species: 1 to 13.
- Acuity, measured in 48 species: 0.06 to 1.93 cycles per degree.
- Flicker fusion, measured in 35 species: 4 to 200 Hz.
Measured values by dial
| Dial | Species with a measured value |
|---|---|
| Colour | 100 |
| Sharpness | 48 |
| Field of view | 0 |
| Sharp zones (foveas) | 0 |
| Night vision | 1 |
| Motion (flicker fusion) | 35 |
Vision types in this group
- Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab): 141 species
- : 3 species
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| Species | Measured dials | Vision type |
|---|---|---|
| Peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Caridean shrimp Heterocarpus ensifer | colour, sharpness, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Euphausiid shrimp (Stylocheiron maximum) Stylocheiron maximum | colour, sharpness, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| American lobster Homarus americanus | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Antarctic krill Euphausia superba | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Atlantic marsh fiddler Minuca pugnax | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Blue crab Callinectes sapidus | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Ciliated mantis shrimp Pseudosquilla ciliata | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Common banded mantis shrimp Lysiosquilla maculata | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Crab Bathynectes longipes | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Deep sea shrimp Oplophorus gracilirostris | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Euphausiid shrimp (Euphausia gibboides) Euphausia gibboides | sharpness, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Euphausiid shrimp (Hansarsia megalops) Hansarsia megalops | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Euphausiid shrimp (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) Meganyctiphanes norvegica | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Euphausiid shrimp (Nematobrachion boopis) Nematobrachion boopis | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Euphausiid shrimp (Nematobrachion sexspinosum) Nematobrachion sexspinosum | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Fiddler crab (Leptuca pugilator) Leptuca pugilator | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Giant red mysid Neognathophausia ingens | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Green crab Carcinus maenas | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Isada krill Euphausia pacifica | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Isopod (Booralana tricarinata) Booralana tricarinata | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| New Zealand rock lobster Jasus edwardsii | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Oplophorid shrimp (Acanthephyra purpurea) Acanthephyra purpurea | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Oplophorid shrimp (Janicella spinicauda) Janicella spinicauda | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Oplophorid shrimp (Systellaspis debilis) Systellaspis debilis | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Pederson cleaner shrimp Ancylomenes pedersoni | sharpness, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Penaeid shrimp Funchalia villosa | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Pink glass shrimp Pasiphaea multidentata | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Prawn (Eusergestes arcticus) Eusergestes arcticus | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Prawn (Phorcosergia grandis) Phorcosergia grandis | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Rock crabs Leptograpsus variegatus | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Shrimp Eugonatonotus crassus | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Squat lobsters (Gastroptychus spinifer) Gastroptychus spinifer | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Squate lobster Eumunida picta | colour, motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Valuable blunt-tail prawn Gennadas valens | colour, sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Wharf roach Ligia exotica | colour, night vision | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Aesop shrimp Pandalus montagui | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Allman's crangon Crangon allmanni | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Ambon crinoid shrimp Laomenes amboinensis | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| American grass shrimp Cuapetes americanus | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Atlantic mud crab Panopeus herbstii | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Atlantic rock crab Cancer irroratus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Bareye hermit Dardanus fucosus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Beautiful transparent shrimp Ancylomenes venustus | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Bent mysid shrimp Praunus flexuosus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Bigclaw snapping shrimp Alpheus heterochaelis | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Black and silver cuapetes shrimp Cuapetes grandis | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Blackback land crab Gecarcinus lateralis | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Bloody-red shrimp Hemimysis anomala | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Blotched swimming crab Achelous spinimanus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Blueleg mantis shrimp Hemisquilla californiensis | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Brine shrimp Artemia salina | colour | |
| Cajun dwarf crayfish Cambarellus shufeldtii | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Calico box crab Hepatus epheliticus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| California green shrimp Hippolyte californiensis | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Caribbean pen shrimp Pontonia mexicana | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Coarsehand lady crab Ovalipes stephensoni | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Common hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Deep-sea red crab Chaceon affinis | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Deepsea shrimps Heterogenys microphthalma | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Devil crayfish Lacunicambarus diogenes | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Dock shrimp Pandalus danae | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Egg shell shrimp Hamopontonia corallicola | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Elegant deep-sea shrimp Notostomus elegans | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| European lobster Homarus gammarus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Fiddler crab (Tubuca signata) Tubuca signata | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Flame box crab Calappa flammea | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Flatback mud crab Eurypanopeus depressus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Gazami crab Portunus trituberculatus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Golden shrimp Plesionika martia | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Gorgonian shrimp Periclimenes patae | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Gray hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Grooveback shrimp Parapasiphae sulcatifrons | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Harris mud crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Hawaiian pearloyster shrimp Conchodytes meleagrinae | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Holthuis cleaner shrimp Ancylomenes holthuisi | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Horned ghost crab Ocypode ceratophthalmus | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Humpy shrimp Pandalus goniurus | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Indo-Pacific swamp crab Scylla serrata | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Isopod (Glyptonotus antarcticus) Glyptonotus antarcticus | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Japanese squillid mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Keeled witch mantis Hemisquilla ensigera | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Krill Nematobrachion flexipes | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Krygier spinytail Systellaspis cristata | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Land hermit Coenobita clypeatus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Longnose spider crab Libinia dubia | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Longwrist hermit Pagurus longicarpus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Mangrove fiddler Leptuca thayeri | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Mantis shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Marbled shore crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Marsh grass shrimp Palaemon vulgaris | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Mediterranean slipper lobster Scyllarides latus | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Mexican spiny loster Panulirus interruptus | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Miami cave crayfish Procambarus milleri | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Mushroom coral ghost shrimp Cuapetes kororensis | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| New Zealand porcelain crab Petrolisthes elongatus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Noble crayfish Astacus astacus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Northern ambereye Hymenodora glacialis | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Northern rock barnacle Semibalanus balanoides | colour | |
| Northern shrimp Pandalus borealis | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Okinosuji shrimp Plesionika rossignoli | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Pacific ambereye Hymenodora frontalis | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Pacific cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Painted devil crayfish Lacunicambarus ludovicianus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Paramola Paromola cuvieri | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Pastel odontodactylid mantis shrimp Odontodactylus cultrifer | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Peaked shrimp Acanthephyra curtirostris | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Pelagic red crab Grimothea planipes | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Pink shrimp Penaeus duorarum | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Portly spider crab Libinia emarginata | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Purple acorn barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite | colour | |
| Purple marsh crab Sesarma reticulatum | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Quayle spinytail Systellaspis braueri | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Red claw cuapetes shrimp Cuapetes tenuipes | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Red crab Chaceon quinquedens | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Red white cleaner shrimp Urocaridella antonbruunii | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Redtail prawn Penaeus penicillatus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Riverine grass shrimp Palaemon paludosus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Rock louse Ligia occidentalis | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Rugose squat lobster Munida rugosa | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Rusty crayfish Faxonius rusticus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Saltmarsh mud crab Panopeus obesus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Seafan shrimp Manipontonia psamathe | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Sergestid shrimp Phorcosergia filicta | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Sevenspine bay shrimp Crangon septemspinosa | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Shelling crab Callinectes ornatus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Sidestriped shrimp Pandalus dispar | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Smooth eyed ghost crab Ocypode cordimana | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Speckled swimming crab Arenaeus cribrarius | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Spineback hairy crab Pilumnus sayi | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Spot shrimp Pandalus platyceros | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Spottail mantis shrimp Squilla mantis | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Squareback marsh crab Armases cinereum | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Squat lobsters (Munidopsis erinacea) Munidopsis erinacea | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Stone crab Menippe mercenaria | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Thinstripe hermit Clibanarius vittatus | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Variable squillid mantis shrimp Oratosquillina inornata | sharpness | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Virile crayfish Faxonius virilis | colour | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |
| Water louse Asellus aquaticus | motion (flicker fusion) | Crustacean (mantis shrimp, crab) |