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English: A, Diagram of a retinula of the central eye of a scorpion consisting of five retina-cells (ret), with adherent branched pigment cells (pig).

B, Rhabdom of the same, consisting of five confluent rhabdomeres.
C, Transverse section of the rhabdom of a retinula of the scorpion’s central eye, showing its five constituent rhabdomeres as rays of a star.

D, Transverse section of a retinula of the lateral eye of Limulus polyphemus, showing ten retinula cells (ret), each bearing a rhabdomere (rhab).
(After Ray Lankester.)
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Source Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 2, Page 295
Author Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911

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