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Path Integration Error and Adaptable Search Behaviors in a Mantis Shrimp

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Journal J Exp Biol
Specialty Biology
Date 2020 Jun 27
PMID 32587071
Citations 2
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Abstract

Mantis shrimp of the species occupy small burrows in shallow waters throughout the Caribbean. These animals use path integration, a vector-based navigation strategy, to return to their homes while foraging. Here, we report that path integration in is prone to error accumulated during outward foraging paths and we describe the search behavior that employs after it fails to locate its home following the route provided by its path integrator. This search behavior forms continuously expanding, non-oriented loops that are centered near the point of search initiation. The radius of this search is scaled to the animal's positional uncertainty during path integration, improving the effectiveness of the search. The search behaviors exhibited by bear a striking resemblance to search behaviors in other animals, offering potential avenues for the comparative examination of search behaviors and how they are optimized in disparate taxa.

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