Evolution
Hexapods are currently thought to fall within the Crustacean crown group; while molecular work paved the way for this association, their eye morphology and development is also markedly similar. The eyes are strikingly different from the myriapods, which were traditionally considered to be a sister group to the hexapoda.
Both ocelli and compound eyes were probably present in the last common arthropod ancestor, and may be apomorphic with ocelli in other phyla, such as the annelids. Median ocelli are present in chelicerates and mandibulates; lateral ocelli are also present in chelicerates.
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