Remodeling of the Nauplius Eye into the Adult Ocelli during Metamorphosis of the Barnacle, Balanus amphitrite hawaiiensis

The planktonic barnacle larva has a single median ocellus (nauplius eye), while the adult possesses two distinct sets of photoreceptors; a pair of lateral ocelli and a single median ocellus. The nauplius eye of the cypris larva of Balanus amphitrite hawaiiensis is composed of 14 visual cells grouped into three components (a pair of lateral components and a single ventral component) surrounding two centrally located pigment cells; each lateral component consists of 5 visual cells and the ventral component, 4 visual cells. In each component, the rhabdom is made up of apposing microvilli arising directly from the neighboring visual cell bodies.

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