- corneagen cells
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The epidermal cells that produce the cornea, and later produce the corneal pigment cells.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
corneagen layer — That part of the epidermis extending beneath the cornea, normally consisting of two cells in each ommatidium; when absent, the cornea is secreted by the crystalline cone cells; see cornea … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology