A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale

Cnidarians are regarded as one of the earliest-diverging animal phyla. One of the hallmarks of the cnidarian body plan is the evolution of a free-swimming medusa in some medusozoan classes, but the origin of this innovation remains poorly constrained by the fossil record and molecular data. Previous...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2023-08, Vol.290 (2004), p.20222490
Hauptverfasser:	Moon, Justin, Caron, Jean-Bernard, Moysiuk, Joseph
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological Evolution British Columbia Cnidaria Evolution Fossils Phylogeny Swimming
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