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Vision in insects and spiders

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Vision in the Animal World
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The visual apparatus and the whole application of vision in insects and the spider family (Araneida) differs greatly from that of the animals which we have already discussed. Responses to light are mediated by (a) dermal receptors, (b) dorsal ocelli, (c) lateral ocelli and (d) compound eyes.

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Smythe, R.H. (1975). Vision in insects and spiders. In: Vision in the Animal World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02533-6_11

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