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Scorpions and spiders belong to the class Arachnida in phylum Arthropoda. Scorpions are easily distinguished by
median eyes on obvious the center of the carapace and have one pair, and lateral eyes have 2-8 in some species.
Scorpions do not have good eyesight so the median eyes have always been simple and they are more sensitive
than the lateral pairs. They have anterior median eyes (AME) with narrow field of view and pairs of lateral eyes
(LE) with more sensitivity and response to light. Family Buthidae have 2-6 lateral eyes in Compsobuthus
Mesobuthus, Hottentotta, while Vaejovidae, Chactidae and Chaerilidae have 2 pairs of lateral eyes. In addition, 3
pairs are found in Orthochirus and Androctonus. Spiders have six eyes in family Pholicid
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