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FUNCTIONAL ZOOLOGY | FACULTY OF SCIENCE | LUND UNIVERSITY

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Functional zoology Department of Biology

Faculty of Science ISBN 978-91-7753-714-4 (print) 978-91-7753-715-1 (pdf) Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image of the eye of the millipede

Cylindroiulus punctatus. This compound eye comprises thirty-three large facets, which overlay corneal lenses made from modified cuticle.

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