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English: A, Brain of Scolopendra. n. ant, Antennal nerves; n. opt, ocular nerves; n. pr. ant, preantennal nerves; oes. comm, oesophageal commissure.

B, Section of Eye of Scolopendra. len, Corneal lens; ret, retinal or visual cells; n. opt, optic nerve.

C, Ocular unit or ommatidium of compound Eye of Scutigera. len, corneal lenticle; c.c, crystalline cone; 1, pigmented cells of outermost tier; 2, 3, retinular cells of middle and innermost tiers; rbd, rhabdomeres; n. opt, optic nerve; pg, pigment cells.

A and B after Heymons, Bibl Zool, 1901, by permission of E. Nagele.

C after Adensamer, Verh. z. b. Verein, Vienna, 1893, pl. vii.
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Source Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), 1911, vol 5. Page 671
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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