Stealth Effect of Red Shell in Laqueus rubellus (Brachiopoda, Terebratulida) on the Sea Bottom: An Evolutionary Insight into the Prey-Predator Interaction

Figure 3

Photographs of benthic macroorganisms under visible ((a), (b), (e)) and infrared ((c), (d), (f)) light. Note that all organisms have a reddish appearance under natural light ((a), (b)) except the crinoid (e), while the organisms differ in brightness under infrared light, with Laqueus having the darkest appearance. rb: Laqueus rubellus, op: ophiuroids, sc: scleractinian coral, pe: Cryptopecten vesiculosus, ne: Nemocardium samarangae, me: Metacrinus rotundus.

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