27 research outputs found
Charting Evolution’s Trajectory: Using Molluscan Eye Diversity to Understand Parallel and Convergent Evolution
For over 100 years, molluscan eyes have been used as an example of convergent evolution and, more recently, as a textbook example of stepwise evolution of a complex lens eye via natural selection. Yet, little is known about the underlying mechanisms that create the eye and generate different morphologies. Assessing molluscan eye diversity and understanding how this diversity came about will be important to developing meaningful interpretations of evolutionary processes. This paper provides an introduction to the myriad of eye types found in molluscs, focusing on some of the more unusual structures. We discuss how molluscan eyes can be applied to the study of evolution by examining patterns of convergent and parallel evolution and provide several examples, including the putative convergence of the camera-type eyes of cephalopods and vertebrates
Seasonal visceral atrophy and response to salinity by <i>Parastichopus californicus</i> (Stimpson): Osmoregulation?
A re-examination of mucus feeding by the sea cucumber Leptopentacta ( = Cucumaria) elongata
Molecular Phylogeny and Evolutionary Relationships between the Ciliate Genera Peniculistoma
The biology and functional morphology of Fragum erugatum (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Shark Bay, Western Australia: the significance of its relationship with entrained zooxanthellae
Quantification of water squirting by juvenile fluted giant clams (Tridacna squamosa L.)
10.1007/s10164-010-0226-0Journal of Ethology29185-91JOET
Uptake of some dissolved organic nutrients by the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea commercialis
Cellular and ultrastructural changes in the endoderm of the temperate sea anemone Anemonia viridis as a result of increased temperature
The fine structure of the buccal tentacles of Holothuria forskali (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea)
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