apposition eye

[‚ap·ə′zish·ən ‚ī]

(invertebrate zoology)

A compound eye found in diurnal insects and crustaceans in which each ommatidium focuses on a small part of the whole field of light, producing a mosaic image.

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and Juberthie-Jupeau, 1972; Alvinocaris markensis: Chamberlain, 2000); or in which juvenile individuals feature apposition eyes, but adults have superposition eyes (e.

Postembryonic eye growth in the seashore isopod Ligia exotica (crustacea, isopoda)

The eggs are microlecithal, and they hatch at the zoeal stage with apposition eyes (P.

Comparative morphology of the eyes of postlarval bresiliid shrimps from the region of hydrothermal vents

It is generally assumed that superposition eyes are more useful than apposition eyes in dim light, for the former are typical of many nocturnal crustaceans and deep-sea forms.

Compound eye fine structure in Paralomis multispina Benedict, an anomuran half-crab from 1200 m depth (crustacea; decapoda; anomura)