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THE optic and oculomotor nerves of Carcinus run from the brain into the last segment of the eyestalk assembly, where they innervate eye muscles, mechano-receptors and photoreceptors. The optic nerve has been known to contain both sensory and motor fibres since the work of Bethe1, who suggested a purely motor function for the oculomotor nerve.
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SANDEMAN, D. Functional Distinction between Oculomotor and Optic Nerves in Carcinus (Crustacea). Nature 201, 302–303 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201302a0
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