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Table 2 Measurements and position of ommatidia in specimens having ommatidia of different sizes

From: On the sighted ancestry of blindness – exceptionally preserved eyes of Mesozoic polychelidan lobsters

 

Ommatidia size

Specimen

Lower

Position on eye

Intermediate

Position on eye

Higher

Position on eye

Mean value

UJF-ID 14020

68

dorsal

76

anterior

92.4

anterior

78.80

MNHN.F.A29521

61

lateral

70

posterior

75.5

posterior

68.83

MNHN.F.A50709

21.5

anterior

27

lateral, dorsal

NA

NA

24.25

  1. Indication is made of the position of measured ommatidia on the surface of the eye. Measurements in μm