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Table 3 Measurements of carapace length, eye diameter and ommatidia surface for all studied specimens of polychelidans

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

Species

Specimen

CL: Carapace Length (μm)

d: Eye diameter (μm)

d/CL

ommatidia surface

Outcrop

Putative palaeodepth

Family

Coleia barrovensis

NHMUK.I6589

28000

4100

0.15

4356

Binton

shallow

Coleiidae

Gabaleryon sp.

SMNS 67631

18300

1850

0.10

3025

Gomaringen

intermediate

Coleiidae

Coleia viallii

MSNM i3368

37000

5600

0.15

6724

Osteno

deep

Coleiidae

Cycleryon elongatus

SNSB-BSPG AS I 939

39700

4700

0.12

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon elongatus

SNSB-BSPG AS VI 43

39800

4100

0.10

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon orbiculatus

SMNS 62574

19600

3150

0.16

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon orbiculatus

SMCU F11408

32500

3900

0.12

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon orbiculatus

SNSB-BSPG AS VII 762

15800

2200

0.14

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon propinquus

SMNS (no reg. Number)

62000

4800

0.08

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon propinquus

MNHN.F.B13436

59000

8300

0.14

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon propinquus

SNSB-BSPG 1922 I 35

85000

8500

0.10

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon propinquus

SNSB-BSPG AS VI 42

57000

3000

0.05

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon propinquus

SNSB-BSPG (no reg. Number)

49000

6500

0.13

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon propinquus

JME-SOS 6827

55500

5200

0.09

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon propinquus (female)

SNSB-BSPG AS VI 40

73000

5400

0.07

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Cycleryon romani

FSL 170522

112000

4000

0.04

NA

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

Eryonidae

Hellerocaris falloti

MNHN.F.A50709

6500

850

0.13

588

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

aff. Polychelidae

Hellerocaris falloti

FSL 710108

24500

1900

0.08

3844

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

aff. Polychelidae

Hellerocaris falloti

FSL 170598

25800

2350

0.09

NA

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

aff. Polychelidae

Knebelia bilobata

JME-SOS 6864

40000

4600

0.12

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Knebelia bilobata

NHMUK.In 28964

54000

4300

0.08

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Knebelia bilobata

SMNS 70044

43500

4000

0.09

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Knebelia totoroi

SMNS 67916

68500

7200

0.11

4556

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Eryonidae

Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri

SMNS 67903

4200

1100

0.26

1225

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Palaeopentachelidae

Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri

BSPG AS I 989

30000

4900

0.16

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Palaeopentachelidae

Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri

BSPG AS I 992

26700

3400

0.13

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Palaeopentachelidae

Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri

SNSB-BSPG (no reg. Number)

9250

900

0.10

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Palaeopentachelidae

Palaeopolycheles longipes

SMNS 63744

29500

4100

0.14

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Coleiidae

Palaeopolycheles longipes

SMNS 63833

22000

3000

0.14

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Coleiidae

Palaeopolycheles longipes

SMNS 70203

22000

3300

0.15

NA

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

Coleiidae

Proeryon giganteus

UJF-ID 11547

71000

11000

0.15

7744

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

Coleiidae

Proeryon giganteus

UJF-ID 14020

79000

11600

0.15

6209

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

Coleiidae

Proeryon giganteus

FSL 170603

85000

9100

0.11

8100

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

Coleiidae

Proeryon hartmanni

BSPG 1942 I 20

60000

6100

0.10

NA

Holzmaden

intermediate

Coleiidae

Proeryon hartmanni

SMNS 64019

89000

7700

0.09

NA

Holzmaden

intermediate

Coleiidae

Rosenfeldia oppeli

SMNS 66004

38000

3400

0.09

1824

Southern Germany plattenkalks

shallow

unknown

Soleryon amicalis

MHNL 20271902

72500

2500

0.03

NA

Cerin

shallow

Eryonidae

Tethyseryon campanicus

CSMNF 22000a

21500

2400

0.11

NA

Monte Fallano

shallow

Coleiidae

Tethyseryon campanicus

CSMNF 22000c

8200

1100

0.13

NA

Monte Fallano

shallow

Coleiidae

Tethyseryon campanicus

CSMNF 22000 g

10000

1200

0.12

NA

Monte Fallano

shallow

Coleiidae

Willemoesiocaris ovalis

MNHN F A29521

45000

7000

0.16

4738

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

Coleiidae

Willemoesiocaris ovalis

FSL 170602

32000

5800

0.18

NA

La-Voulte-sur-Rhône

deep

Coleiidae

  1. Distances in μm, surfaces in μm2