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  • Title: The retina-lamina projection in the crab Leptograpsus variegatus.
    Author: Stowe S.
    Journal: Cell Tissue Res; 1977 Dec 28; 185(4):515-25. PubMed ID: 606365.
    Abstract:
    In the crab, Leptograpsus variegatus, the projection of retinula cell axons to the lamina was investigated by tracing them through a series of semi-thin sections. Forty-four such axons were traced from a single group of ommatidia as far as the distal layers of the lamina. The eight receptor axons of one ommatidium project to a single lamina cartridge. Therefore, because the crab has a fused rhabdom, angular information is conserved in vision, and the outside world is projected literally onto the lamina, just as it is in the standard non-dipteran pattern of insects. The belief of previous workers that other decapod eyes show neural superposition was an inference based primarily on the patterns of penetration of the basement membrane by receptor axons, and on degeneration experiments. This evidence is reviewed, shown to be inadequate and discussed in the light of the projection now demonstrated for Leptograpsus.
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