Optics and phylogeny: Is there an insight? The evolution of superposition eyes in the Decapoda (Crustacea)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-235

  Gaten, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Compound eyes; Decapod crustaceans; Evolution; Phylogeny; Superposition optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032345674     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-06704001     Document Type: Article

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