Ocellus Health Dictionary

Ocellus: From 1 Different Sources


The “eye”, present midway between the corners of cubozoan (“box”) jellyfish. It is capable of distinguishing light and dark, and is probably responsible for evasive action by the jellyfish. Term ocellus also refers to the “simple” eyes of insects and spiders as opposed to their “compund” eyes.
Health Source: Dictionary of Tropical Medicine
Author: Health Dictionary

Rhopalium (pl. Rhopalia)

The specialised structures present in the sensory niches between the four pedalia of cubozoan (box) jellyfish. It houses the ocellus (eye) and statocyst (balance organ). Rhopalia are also present, although less obvious, in scyphozoan jellyfish.... rhopalium (pl. rhopalia)



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