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Photoreceptor Cells in the Spider Eye: Spectral Sensitivity and Efferent Control

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Neurobiology of Arachnids

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Most species of spiders have four pairs of simple eyes arranged in two rows, anterior and posterior, in the frontal part on the prosoma. These eyes are referred to as the anterior median, anterior lateral, posterior median, and posterior lateral eyes. The anterior median eyes are generally referred to as principal eyes and the other three pairs as secondary eyes.

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  1. Biological Laboratory, Kyushu Institute of Design, Shiobaru, Fukuoka 815, Japan

    Shigeki Yamashita

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    Friedrich G. Barth

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Yamashita, S. (1985). Photoreceptor Cells in the Spider Eye: Spectral Sensitivity and Efferent Control. In: Barth, F.G. (eds) Neurobiology of Arachnids. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70348-5_6

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