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Monday, 22 December 2014

The scallop Pecten has up to 100 millimetre-scale reflector Eyes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye

Many small organisms such as rotifers, copepods and platyhelminths use such organs, but these are too small to produce usable images. Some larger organisms, such as scallops, also use reflector eyes. The scallop Pecten has up to 100 millimetre-scale reflector eyes fringing the edge of its shell. It detects moving objects as they pass successive lenses.

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