Gonodactylus smithii

Gonodactylus smithii, the purple spot mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp of the smasher type.[2] It is found from New Caledonia to the western part of the Indian Ocean,[2] including Australia's north coast and the Great Barrier Reef.[1]

Gonodactylus smithii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Gonodactylidae
Genus: Gonodactylus
Species:
G. smithii
Binomial name
Gonodactylus smithii
Pocock, 1893 [1]

It is the only organism known to simultaneously detect the four linear and two circular polarization components required for Stokes parameters, which yield a full description of polarization. It is thus believed to have optimal polarization vision.[3][4][5][6]

The specific epithet smithii is in commemoration of Sir Percy William Bassett-Smith.[7]

References
  1. "Species Gonodactylus smithii Pocock, 1893". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. January 30, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  2. Roy Caldwell. "Species: Gonodactylus smithii". Roy's List of Stomatopods for the Aquarium. University of California Museum of Paleontology. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  3. Sonja Kleinlogel & Andrew White (2008). Iwaniuk, Andrew (ed.). "The Secret World of Shrimps: Polarisation Vision at Its Best". PLoS ONE. 3 (5): e2190. arXiv:0804.2162. Bibcode:2008PLoSO...3.2190K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002190. PMC 2377063. PMID 18478095.
  4. Daniel Cressey (May 14, 2008). "Shrimp's super sight". The Great Beyond. nature.com.
  5. Anne Minard (May 19, 2008). ""Weird beastie" shrimp have super-vision". National Geographic News.
  6. P. Z. Myers (May 24, 2008). "The superior eyes of shrimp". Pharyngula. Archived from the original on September 12, 2009.
  7. Hans G. Hansson. "Sir Percy William Bassett-Smith". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved April 15, 2010.


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