Definitions

Eye tubercle

• Slight elevation of carapace covering compound eye. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• Protuberance on anterodorsal region of each valve; overlies ocular sinus and serves as lens for compound eye. (biconvex, concavo-convex, conical, hemispherical, tubular). [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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