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Phototaxis is characteristic of the pelagic larval stage of most bottom-dwelling marine invertebrates [1]. Larval phototaxis is mediated by simple eyes that can express various types of light-sensitive G-protein-coupled receptors known as opsins [2–8]. Since opsins diversified early during metazoan evolution in the marine environment [9], understanding underwater light detection could elucidate this...