pineal eye

biology

Also known as: median eye

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In crustacean: The nervous system
Single median eyes are also found in crustaceans, particularly in the nauplius larvae. Only three or four simple units are usually found in the nauplius eye, which is innervated by a median nerve from the forebrain. The median eye also may persist through to the adult…
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In cirripede: The nervous system
The nauplius median eye is generally retained in the adult as a photoreceptor. In sessile barnacles the bilateral parts of the median eye separate and migrate laterally to thin places under the anterior pair of opercular plates, where they function better in the shadow reflex. This reflex…
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