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of Calanella are very remarkable, and, indeed, but for 

 tlieir position and the presence of pigment, would 

 liardly be recognized as eyes. They are three in 

 number,and together form an X-shaped body (Fig. 108), 

 supplied by a large nerve (N.op.), and consisting of 

 three groups of large nerve-cells, embedded in pig- 

 ment. There are eight in each of the two side groups, 

 and ten in the central. In form they are pear-shaped, 

 with the narrow end turned towards the nerve. The 

 organ contains no lens nor rods. 



Fig. 108.— Eyes of Calanella Mediterranea (after Gerstarker) Pg., pigment cells; 

 JV.fr., frontal nerves; Sop., ncrvus opticus. The numbers show the numbers 

 of the cells. 



The eyes of the king crab (Limulns) have been 

 described by Grenacher and by Lankester and Bourne.* 

 The two lateral eyes form a polished, kidney-shaped 

 protuberance on each side of the great shield. The 

 outer side is smooth, but on the inner surface it is 

 produced into a number of conical processes (Fig. 109), 



* " On the Eyes of Scorpio and Limulua," Quarterly Journal of 

 Microtcopical SMence. 1883. 

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