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To uncover how octopus skin senses light, we used antibodies against r-opsin phototransduction proteins to identify sensory neurons that express r-opsin in the skin. We hypothesized that octopus LACE relies on the same r-opsin phototransduction cascade found in octopus eyes. By creating an action spectrum for the latency to LACE, we found that LACE occurred most quickly in response to blue light. We fit our action spectrum data to a standard opsin curve template and estimated the \u03bbmax of LACE to be 480\u2005nm. Consistent with our hypothesis, the maximum sensitivity of the light sensors underlying LACE closely matches the known spectral sensitivity of opsin from octopus eyes. LACE in isolated preparations suggests that octopus skin is intrinsically light sensitive and that this dispersed light sense might contribute to their unique and novel patterning abilities. Finally, our data suggest that a common molecular mechanism for light detection in eyes may have been co-opted for light sensing in octopus skin and then used for LACE.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1242\/jeb.110908","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,20]],"date-time":"2015-05-20T21:19:22Z","timestamp":1432156762000},"page":"1513-1520","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":107,"title":["Eye-independent, light-activated chromatophore expansion (LACE) and expression of phototransduction genes in the skin of <i>Octopus bimaculoides<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1242","volume":"218","author":[{"given":"M. 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