organ of Bellonci

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organ of Bellonci also frontal eye complex: (Arthropoda: Crustacea) Receptors innervated from the medullae terminales of the brain, consisting of ciliated sensory neurons associated with supporting cells, such as glial, bordering and perilemmal cells; has also been called frontal organ, x-organ, rod-shaped organ.