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The Origin of Vertebrates
Walter Holbrook Gaskell
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Fig. 37.—Pineal Eye of Ammocœtes, with its Ganglion Habenulæ.
In order to complete the dioptric apparatus a lens is necessary. Where, then, is the lens in these pineal eyes? In all the arachnid eyes, whether median or lateral, the lens is a single corneal lens composed of the external cuticle, which is thickened over the corneagen cells. This thickened cuticle is composed of chitin, and is not cellular, but is dead material formed out of the living underlying corneagen cells. Such a lens is in marked contrast to the lens of the lateral vertebrate eye, which is formed by living cells themselves. This {86}thickening of the cuticular layer to form a lens could only exist as long as that layer is absolutely external, so that the light strikes immediately upon it; for, if from any cause the eye became situated internally, the place of such a le. . . Read More
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