Animal coloration; an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals (1892)
Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925 · London, S. Sonnenschein & co.; New York, Macmillan & co. · leaf 137
AL COLORATION. says Prof. Agassiz, with a set of eyes enabling it to see bothlaterally and downward,—it has also an immense pair facingdorsally, so that the animal has a free field of vision in alldirections. The eyes of many Zoere (the larvae of decapodcrustaceans), as well as of many young… … the lower forms) these pelagic creatures must be endowedwith unusual clearness of perception. If this be so, are theydeceived by the transparency of the animals upon which theyprey ? The great marauders of the pelagic fauna are, accord-ing to Prof. Agassiz, the copepod crustaceans and…
Color of animals
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