| Range |
width 20: length 110 µm
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| Organism |
Net-casting spiders, family Deinopidae |
| Reference |
Mammola S, Michalik P, Hebets EA, Isaia M. Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them. PeerJ. 2017 Oct 315:e3972. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3972 p.16 3rd paragraphPubMed ID29104823
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| Primary Source |
Land MF, Nilsson D-E. 2012. Animal Eyes. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
| Comments |
P.16 3rd paragraph: "Largest eyes—Net-casting spiders, family Deinopidae. Net-casting spiders in the genus Deinopis possess extraordinary enlarged posterior median eyes (Blest & Land, 1977), possibly the largest eyes of a spider (up to 1.4 mm in diameter, BNID 116061). These eyes all possess large photoreceptors (20 μm wide, 110 μm long, primary source), which are crucial for gathering light for nocturnal vision (see “Best nocturnal eyesight”) (Fig. 3C)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
116181 |