. Animal biology. Zoology; Biology. I Opfic nerve> y^ (jar7^/i'or> Op:f-ic f^erve Fig. 128.—Eyes of moUusks. A, eyespot of Patella, a gastropod, possessing only an area of pigmented epithelium, or retina, and optic nerve. B, the eye of Murex, another gastro- pod, showing a well-developed eye with lens, retina, and optic nerve. (From Cooke, ''Cambridge Natural History," after Hilger, by the courtesy of The Macmillan Company.) C, diagrammatic section of the eye of a cuttle fish, Sepia sp., showing many parts analo- gous to the eye of a vertebrate. {From Jordan, " Allgemeine Vergl
. Animal biology. Zoology; Biology. I Opfic nerve> y^ (jar7^/i'or> Op:f-ic f^erve Fig. 128.—Eyes of moUusks. A, eyespot of Patella, a gastropod, possessing only an area of pigmented epithelium, or retina, and optic nerve. B, the eye of Murex, another gastro- pod, showing a well-developed eye with lens, retina, and optic nerve. (From Cooke, ''Cambridge Natural History," after Hilger, by the courtesy of The Macmillan Company.) C, diagrammatic section of the eye of a cuttle fish, Sepia sp., showing many parts analo- gous to the eye of a vertebrate. {From Jordan, " Allgemeine Vergleichende Physiologic der Tiere," after Hensen, by the courtesy of Walter de Gruyter & Company.) All figures much Fig. 129.—An octopus, Polypus bimaculatus (Verrill). A small specimen drawn from life. [From Johnson and Snook, "Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast," by the courtesy of The Company.) divers, for if they get hold of a person under water struggling merely causes them to cling the tighter, and release can be secured only by chop- ping the tentacles from the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wolcott, Robert Henry, 1868-1934. New York ; London : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
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