optic vesicle

optic vesicle
(Order Cladocera):
Protuberance of outer wall of head whose cavity encloses compound eye. Optic vesicle does not communicate with exterior via pore. (touching/not touching margin of head) [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Order Diplostraca):
Compound eye [Stachowitsch, 1992].

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