Definitions

Ocular plate

• Median cephalic plate bearing the eyestalks laterally (Fig. 3A). [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Stomatopoda) Second of three plates (fastigial, ocular, postocular composing acron at tip of head; bears eyestalks (ocular peduncles). [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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