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1 The optical structures of animal eyes
Michael F. Land  Current Biology  Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages R319-R323 (May 2005) DOI: /j.cub Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Single-chambered eyes.
(A) A simple pit eye, relying only on shadowing (platyhelminthes, annelids, molluscs and many larvae). (B) Spherical lens eye (fish, cephalopods and molluscs). (C) Eye with corneal optics (land vertebrates and spiders). (D) Eye imaging with a concave mirror (scallops and some crustaceans). Retinal structures are shown in purple. Rays show how light from distant points is imaged. Current Biology  , R319-R323DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Compound eyes. (A) Basic eye with receptors in pigment tubes (ark clams, sabellid tube worms and starfish). (B) Apposition compound eye (diurnal insects and crustaceans). (C) Refracting superposition eye (nocturnal insects, krill and mysid crustaceans). (D) Reflecting superposition eye (decapod shrimps, lobsters). Current Biology  , R319-R323DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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