Battelle B-A
Whitney Laboratory and Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, 9505 Ocean Shore Blvd., St. Augustine, FL 32080, USA.
Arthropod Struct Dev. 2006 Dec;35(4):261-74. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.07.002. Epub 2006 Oct 23.
The visual system of the American horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus (L. polyphemus) is an important preparation for studying the photoresponse, the circadian modulation of the photoresponse and visual information processing. Given its unique position in phylogeny the structure of its visual system also informs studies of the relationships among arthropods and the characteristics of eurarthropods. Much has been learned about the organization of the relatively simple L. polyphemus visual system, but much remains to be discovered. This review summarizes current knowledge of the structure of L. polyphemus eyes and the organization of their afferent and efferent projections and points to important unanswered questions.
美洲鲎（Limulus polyphemus，简称L. polyphemus）的视觉系统是研究光反应、光反应的昼夜调节以及视觉信息处理的重要实验对象。鉴于其在系统发育中的独特地位，其视觉系统的结构也为研究节肢动物之间的关系以及真节肢动物的特征提供了依据。关于相对简单的美洲鲎视觉系统的组织，我们已经了解了很多，但仍有许多有待发现。这篇综述总结了目前关于美洲鲎眼睛结构及其传入和传出投射组织的知识，并指出了一些重要的未解决问题。
