Xyloplax

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A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts

Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor.…

Adaptations Evolution Paleobiology

Veins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular System

Kevin Zelnio March 20, 2012 Echinodermata echinoderms Evolutionary History fossil Madreporite Phylogeny Radial Symmetry Water Vascular System Xyloplax

Echinoderms are one of the most highly derived groups of animals with many species as significant components of several marine communities. They’re classified by…

Adaptations Biology Ecology Evolution Mating & Reproduction New Research Organisms

Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up

Dr. M May 8, 2011 development Echinodermata Phylogenetics progensis woodfall Xyloplax

Some of us never grow up. In fact I am writing this now in my Aquaman pajamas while laying on Return of the Jedi bedsheets*.…

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A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts

Veins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular System

Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up