See-Through Shrimp-Like Creature Has a Dozen Retinas in Each Eye
Sunlight is only seeable in the top one thousand meter of the ocean , and the pressure of living in the dim , dingy deep has led to some bizarre adaptations . A tiny half-pint - similar critter calledParaphronima gracilislives in intermediate , or mesopelagic , habitat — depths that are totally grim to our eye . And fit in tofindingspublished inCurrent Biologythis week , each of their giant oculus has 12 distinct retinas , the light - sensitive stratum of the eyeball ....