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  2. Eyespot (mimicry) - Wikipedia

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    Some reptiles, such as the sand lizard of Europe, have eyespots; in the sand lizard's case, there is a row of spots along the back, and a row on each side. [12]Many species of cat, including Geoffroy's cats, jungle cats, pampas cats, and servals, have white markings, whether spots or bars, on the backs of their ears; it is possible that these signal "follow me" to the young of the species.

  3. Eyespot - Wikipedia

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    Eyespot (mimicry), a color mark that looks somewhat like an eye; Eyespot, a sensory organ of invertebrates; see simple eye in invertebrates; Eyespot, a type of eye in some gastropods, a part of sensory organs of gastropods; Eyespot apparatus, a photoreceptive organelle found in the flagellate (motile) cells unicellular photosynthetic organisms

  4. Eyespot apparatus - Wikipedia

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    The eyespot apparatus (or stigma) is a photoreceptive organelle found in the flagellate or (motile) cells of green algae and other unicellular photosynthetic organisms such as euglenids. It allows the cells to sense light direction and intensity and respond to it, prompting the organism to either swim towards the light (positive phototaxis ...

  5. Human eye - Wikipedia

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    When viewed at large angles from the side, the iris and pupil may still be visible by the viewer, indicating the person has peripheral vision possible at that angle. [14] [15] [16] About 15° temporal and 1.5° below the horizontal is the blind spot created by the optic nerve nasally, which is roughly 7.5° high and 5.5° wide. [17]

  6. Amia ocellicauda - Wikipedia

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    Amia ocellicauda, the eyespot bowfin, is a species of bowfin native to North America. Originally described by John Richardson from Lake Huron in 1836, it was synonymized with Amia calva until genetic work in 2022 revealed them to be separate species. [1] This species ranges from around the Great Lakes south to the Gulf Coast wetlands of ...

  7. Macula - Wikipedia

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    The macula (/ˈmakjʊlə/) [1] or macula lutea is an oval-shaped pigmented area in the center of the retina of the human eye and in other animals. The macula in humans has a diameter of around 5.5 mm (0.22 in) and is subdivided into the umbo, foveola, foveal avascular zone, fovea, parafovea, and perifovea areas.

  8. Batesian mimicry - Wikipedia

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    Henry Walter Bates described the form of mimicry that bears his name in 1861. Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892) was an English explorer-naturalist who surveyed the Amazon rainforest with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1848. While Wallace returned in 1852, Bates remained for over a decade.

  9. Acericecis ocellaris - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Other common names include the maple eyespot gall and maple leaf spot gall. [1] [2] [3] [4]