Our manuscript reconsidering Chaetognath position is out, a redefined Gnathifera together with spiralian branching discussion, with Katja Peijnenburg (who took this lovely picture of Pterosagitta draco) and others.... cell.com/current-biolog… Current Biology
Finally out, our first paper on #neural development of the chaetognath Spadella:
neuraldevelopment.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
Big congrats to June Ordonez who did a great job working on this enigmatic critter! #neuron #neurogenesis #spiralia #lophotrochozoa #chaetognatha #Zoology #gnathifera
#ArrowWorms aren’t exactly worms or fish, but instead occupy a group called Gnathifera, or “jaw-bearer.” Though this creature only has simple eyes, it is a master hunter of #zooplankton , sometimes referred to as “tiger,” in the #OceanTwilightZone . (📸: Paul Caiger, © #WHOI )
O Martiño Alfonso 🐲🦁🏳️🌈🇵🇸 Animalia, Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Protostomia, Spiralia, Gnathifera, Rotifera; Pulchritia dorsicornuta
𓆨Luke A Parry𓆨 Spiralia. As Ferdinand Marlétaz points out, if Gnathifera (including chaetognaths) branch first, then neither lophophore nor trochophore are ancestral for the clade, but spiral cleavage could be since gnathostomulids might have it. (if they don't: Gnathospiralia)
sagt zu: schirinarte auf ift.tt/1BqlU11: #Kernbrennstab #Gnathifera #Ha genhufendorf #Ausdehnung #Gela #Spannungspneumothorax #Ha ...
The #PhylumThatDoesntBelong May now Belong! #AnimalPhylogeny #Chaetognaths #Gnathifera #UntilNextConclusion
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