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Dioptromysis

shrimp genus

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photoreception and superposition eyes

  • details of the mammalian eye
    In photoreception: Optics of superposition eyes

    …the tropical mysid shrimp genus Dioptromysis, which has a normal-looking eye that contains a single enormous facet embedded in the back, with an equally large lens cylinder behind the facet. This single optical element supplies a fine-grain retina, which seems to act as the “fovea” of the eye as a…

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