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Visual Pigment of a Decapod Crustacean: The Lobster

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WALD, G., HUBBARD, R. Visual Pigment of a Decapod Crustacean: The Lobster. Nature 180, 278–280 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180278a0

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