The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... cuttlefish ( Sepia ) , the statocyst is structurally even more complicated ; besides three cristae , it has three maculae ( statolith organs ) also arranged in different planes . Rotation receptors of a different type are found in some ...
... cuttlefish ( Sepia ) , the statocyst is structurally even more complicated ; besides three cristae , it has three maculae ( statolith organs ) also arranged in different planes . Rotation receptors of a different type are found in some ...
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... cuttlefish — are usually cited as examples of convergent evolution because they have independently evolved large camera - like eyes similar to those of vertebrates . The cephalopod eye lies within a cartilaginous cup . It consists of a ...
... cuttlefish — are usually cited as examples of convergent evolution because they have independently evolved large camera - like eyes similar to those of vertebrates . The cephalopod eye lies within a cartilaginous cup . It consists of a ...
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SAN FRANCISCO | 1 |
SÃO PAULO | 6 |
SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE | 10 |
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