Twenty-eight retinas but only twelve eyes: An anatomical analysis of the larval visual system of the diving beetle Thermonectus marmoratus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 497, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-181

  Mandapaka, Karunyakanth ^a   Morgan, Randy C ^b   Buschbeck, Elke K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Insectarium   (United States)

Author keywords

Insects; Retinas; Stemmata; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLEOPTERA; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EYE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LARVA; RETINA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33744775370     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20974     Document Type: Article

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