Not everything on a coral is actually a coral. Embedded into the hard coral’s surfaces are nearly 100 species of specialized barnacles—the Pyrgomatidae. New work…
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Deep-Water Origin of Freshwater Eels
Larval eel jaw diversity from Michael Miller 2009 ASMB 2(4): 1-94. There are all sort of eels in this world. Big ones, small ones, gulper…
View More Deep-Water Origin of Freshwater EelsWorst Evolutionary Designs? No! Brilliant Solutions to the Complexity of Nature and Constraints
It’s been eight days since Miriam posted at Double XX This Wired piece on the 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs also made me want to smash…
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