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 Gaten, E. (2007) Apposition compound eyes of Spongicoloides koehleri (Crustacea: Spongicolidae) are derived by neoteny. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87: 483–486. PDF is 235kB

 

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Reference ID 27275
Reference type journalarticle
Authors Gaten, E.
Publication Year (for display) 2007
Publication Year (for sorting) 2007
Title Apposition compound eyes of _Spongicoloides koehleri_ (Crustacea: Spongicolidae) are derived by neoteny
Secondary Title Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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Volume 87
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Pages 483–486
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Abstract
Wedding shrimps, Spongicoloides koehleri, spend the adult phase of their life cycle within the cavity of a hexactinellid sponge. Although there is little light at the depths at which the sponges are found, the shrimps do not use the highly sensitive reflecting superposition optics commonly found in other shrimp-like decapods. Instead they have apposition eyes which are virtually free of shielding pigment. It is proposed that this is due to the paedomorphic retention of the larval optics through the process of neoteny.
Keywords OPLOPHORID SHRIMPS SUPERPOSITION EYES MORPHOLOGY OPTICS ULTRASTRUCTURE STENOPODIDEA PHYLOGENY EVOLUTION RHABDOMS
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