Cubomedusae, or box jellyfish, have a complex visual system comprising 24 eyes of four types. Like other cnidarians, their photoreceptor cells are ciliary in morphology, and a range of different techniques together show that at least two of the eye types-the image-forming upper and lower lens eyes-express opsin as the photopigment. The photoreceptors of these two eye types express the same opsin (), which belongs to the cnidarian-specific clade cnidops.
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