Journal article
The anatomy of the compound eye ofPeriplaneta americana L.
Abstract
The fine structure of the retina was studied using light and electron microscopy.The eye is of the typical fused-rhabdomere, eucone, apposition type, with no unusual features or specializations.Each ommatidium consists of a distal dioptric apparatus with cornea and four cells forming the crystalline cone. Proximal to this is a retina composed of eight retinula cells. Each ommatidium is surrounded distally by two primary pigment cells and …
Authors
Butler R
Journal
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Vol. 83, No. 3, pp. 239–262
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 1973
DOI
10.1007/bf00693677
ISSN
0340-7594