A light sensing organ composed of ommatidia [ http://flybase.org/reports/gg.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_eye ]
Term information
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_eye
- BTO:0001921
- FBbt:00004508
- HAO:0000217
- TGMA:0000024
uberon_slim, organ_slim
adult compound eye
Komplexauge
faceted eye
zusammengesetztes Auge
Facettenauge
insect eye
The term compound eye is sometimes used for the multi-unit eyes of annelids, bivalves, echinoderms. We follow Richter et al and restrict this class to the arthropod structure for these structures