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Q.

In which of the following organisms did both simple and compound eyes evolve?

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a

Annelids and crustaceans

b

Insects and Crustaceans

c

Arthropoda and Annelids

d

Annelids and starfish

answer is B.

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A simple eye or ocellus is made of just one lens whereas, a compound eye is a large, bulging eye made of many (sometimes thousands) small ommatidia. An ommatidium has a lens and photoreceptive cells

Phylum Arthropoda includes both insects and crustaceans. Compound eyes evolved in Arthropods significantly and became one of the main characteristic features of this group. They are highly specialized and provide a lot of advantages to insects.

Thus, in insects and crustaceans, both simple and compound eyes evolved. 

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