Chiton Eyes on the Surface of the Protective Shell (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Chiton Eyes on the Surface of the Protective Shell

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This light micrograph shows a region of the chiton's shell surface with multiple small dark-pigmented eyes composed of aragonite, the same biomineral that also makes up the rest of the shell.

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Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

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