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The planarian species Schmidtea mediterranea was used. Boxed region shows a close up of the eyes, with an inset diagram of the light-sensing structures of the optic cup. The eye consists of two tissue types: the light capturing pigment cells and the photoreceptor neurons that transduce photons into signals sent to the brain.
