About the Authors

Dmitry Kishkinev

Contributed equally to this work with: Dmitry Kishkinev, Nikita Chernetsov

dmitry.kishkinev@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Affiliation Arbeitsgruppe “Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation”, Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften & Research Centre for Neurosensory Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Nikita Chernetsov

Contributed equally to this work with: Dmitry Kishkinev, Nikita Chernetsov

Affiliation Biological Station Rybachy, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Rybachy, Kaliningrad Region, Russia

Dominik Heyers

Affiliation Arbeitsgruppe “Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation”, Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften & Research Centre for Neurosensory Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Henrik Mouritsen

Affiliation Arbeitsgruppe “Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation”, Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften & Research Centre for Neurosensory Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NC DK DH HM. Analyzed the data: DK NC DH HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DK NC DH HM. Wrote the paper: DK. Performed surgeries: DH. Performed orientation tests: DK NC DH. Contributed significantly to manuscript revisions: NC DH HM.