Definitions

Optic vesicle

• (Taxon-specific: 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]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Diplostraca) Compound eye. [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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