Body parts that can reflect highly polarized light have been found in several species of stomatopod crustaceans (mantis shrimps). These polarized light reflectors can be grossly divided into two major types. The first type, usually red or pink in color to the human visual system, is located within an animal’s cuticle. Reflectors of the second type, showing iridescent blue, are located beneath t...

Where colour is used in communication absolute judgement of signalling spectra is important, and failures of colour constancy may limit performance. Stomatopod crustaceans have unusual eyes in which the midband contains ten or more classes of photoreceptor. For constancy based on receptor adaptation to a fixed background, elementary theory predicts and we confirm by modelling, that stomatopods'...

Reaka, Marjorie L., and Raymond B. Manning. The Significance of Body Size, Dispersal Potential, and Habitat for Rates of Morphological Evolution in Stomatopod Crustacea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 448, 46 pages, 11 tables, 1987.—This study reviews the world-wide distribution and status of all families and genera of stomatopod Crustacea, and tests a number of hypotheses about f...