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Table 2 Comparison of the synaptic patterns of the different cell types in Achelia langi and Drosophila melanogaster ( Drosophila simplified after Meinertzhagen and Sorra[11])

From: Dissecting a neuron network: FIB-SEM-based 3D-reconstruction of the visual neuropils in the sea spider Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881) (Pycnogonida)

Studied species

Presynaptic cells

→ presynaptic to ↓

R-cells

D-Cells

A-cells

Achelia langi

-

+

+++

R-cells

+++

+

++

D-cells

++

+

-

A-cells

 

R-cells

L-Cells

C-, T- and amacrine cells

→ presynaptic to ↓

Drosophila melanogaster

-

+

++

R-cells

+++

+

++

L-cells

++

-

-

Amacrine cells