Definitions
Eyestalk
- A pre-segmental appendage on either side of the median line of the carapace and bearing on its distal surface the cornea. [Ingle, 1983]
- Articulating eye comprising peduncle and (usually) pigmented cornea. [Poore, 2004]
- Peduncle movably articulated with head, carrying eye at its distal extremity, may be divided into 2 or 3 segments and may be retractable.
(syn. ocular peduncle) [Moore and McCormick, 1969] - Peduncle or unfaceted part of the eye supporting the cornea. [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]
- Peduncle or unfaceted protion of eye bearing cornea. [Butler, T. H.]
- See ocular peduncle. [McLaughlin, 1980]
- The peduncle or unfaceted portion of the eye supporting the cornea. [Chace and Hobbs, 1969]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Ocular peduncle. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Stomatopoda) Ocular peduncle. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Leptostraca) Ocular peduncle. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Superorder Syncarida) In anaspidacean, one of two projections of head bearing eyes; may bear tubercle. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Euphausiacea) Ocular peduncle. [Stachowitsch, 1992]