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Q: What are the units of compound eyes in arthropods?
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Type of eyes only arthropods have?

Compound Eyes


What does OCS means?

You might be talking about "ocelli". It means "one single eye". Some arthropods (insects among them) have compound eyes and ocellis, which means that have eyes that have many smaller eye-like units= compound eyes, and also ocellis = individual eye units. For instance, flies have compound eyes and spiders have many ocellis. Here is an article about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelli


Why does a butterfly have 12000 eyes?

Butterflies have a compound eye because they, like flies, grasshoppers, and other insects, as well as crabs and crayfish (and a ton of other things!) are arthropods. All arthropods have compound eyes, in contrast to vertebrates, which have camera eyes.


What kind of an eye do arthropods have?

Arthropods which possess 8 legs belong to sub phylum Arachnida . They include spiders , scorpions and mites .


What type of eye is unique to arthropods?

The compound eye with many little eyes making up one image in the brain. Note that next to the two main compound eyes there may also be little separate eyes, or ocelli - three is a common number for those, sitting in between the two large eyes.


Do flies have any eyes?

they have two eyes. These are called facet eyes. all flies have more then two eyes, most have two compound eyes and three simple ones Flies have two compound eyes. Compound eyes can consist of thousands of photoreceptor units (ommatidia), or individual eye units that focus sight in different directions.


Are millipedes worms?

Millipedes AND insects both fall under the phylum Arthropoda. Arthropods are characterized by jointed feet, exoskeletons, open circulatory systems, and, usually, compound eyes.


What group of arthropods would you classify the mosquito and why?

You would put it into the insect class because it has six legs, a three part body, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.


How do arthropods look like?

Arthropods have armor or shells and big eyes take the dragonfly or scorpion for example


Do all arthropods have eyes?

no they don't


What is a centipede's eye color?

A centipede's eyes are black, although some centipedes do not have eyes. Some have compound eyes that can contain up to 200 optical units. Regardless, centipedes have very poor eyesight.


What is the difference between a compound and polymer?

polymer is compound which has repeated units and a compound may not have repeated units