Measurement of refractive indices of tunicates’ tunics: light reflection of the transparent integuments in an ascidian Rhopalaea sp. and a salp Thetys vagina

Zoological Letters - Tập 3 Số 1 - 2017
Hiroshi Kakiuchida1, Daisuke Sakai2, Jun Nishikawa3, Euichi Hirose4
1Structural Materials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Moriyama, Nagoya, Aichi, 463-6560, Japan
2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Koen-cho, Kitami, Hokkaido, 090-8507, Japan
3Department of Marine Biology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan.
4Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan

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