corneal pigment cells

corneal pigment cells
(ARTHROPODA)
The two corneal cells that envelop each crystalline cone of a compound eye; in the developing eye, distal to the cone they secrete the corneal lense; also called primary pigment cells, corneagenous pigment cells and primary iris cells; see retinular pigment cell, accessory pigment cell.

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