Fine Structural Studies on Eyes of Phalangida

Imagine:-

A beautiful, hot day - late summer, late 1960s. A pleasant, gentle stroll in suburban countryside. Amidst the long grass of a sloping bank, harvest-spiders move through the shade, but the grass stems part as the zoologist watches them move about. He notes where they go and where they come from. He sees how different species tend to be active in different locations - some just in the soil beneath the grass and leaf litter, others between the lower stems of the plants, and still others higher up moving over the stems and branches in the open. He wonders, idly, if they can see him with their eyes so prominently carried on their backs!
Specimens of these harvestmen are collected in eager anticipation. Back in the laboratory, they are humanely sacrificed and prepared for an investigation into the fine details of the structure of those prominent eyes. Once the details of good preservation and tissue preparation are sorted out, astonishingly beautifal structures are revealed.
Poduct of this combination of leisure and work - a Ph.D. thesis!