The Ecology of Biotic Interactions in Echinoids
Published: Nov. 17, 2023
Organisms
interacting
with
echinoids
are
common
and
produce
diverse
traces
that
often
distinctive
can
be
preserved
in
the
fossil
record.
Thus,
provide
a
wealth
of
information
regarding
role
biotic
interactions
as
drivers
ecological
morphological
adaptations
over
macroevolutionary
timescales.
Studies
documenting
resulting
have
become
more
numerous.
This
Element
reviews
ecologies
skeletal
trace-producing
on
Modern
ecosystems
recognition
those
biogenic
The
authors
explore
diversification
trends
Meso-Cenozoic
echinoid
clades
associated
predator
parasite
groups
context
selective
pressures
brought
about
by
evolution
these
interactions.
Their
intent
is
this
review
promotes
additional
studies
intensity
both
Recent
assemblages
highlights
their
potential
to
advance
our
understanding
ecosystem
functioning
evolution.
title
also
available
Open
Access
Cambridge
Core.
Language: Английский
A Review and Evaluation of Homology Hypotheses in Echinoderm Paleobiology
Published: March 24, 2023
The
extraxial-axial
theory
(EAT)
and
universal
elemental
homology
(UEH)
are
often
portrayed
as
mutually
exclusive
hypotheses
of
within
pentaradiate
Echinodermata.
EAT
describes
upon
the
echinoderm
bauplan,
interpreted
through
early
post-metamorphic
growth
zones,
dividing
it
into
axial
regions
generally
associated
with
elements
ambulacral
system
extraxial
that
not.
UEH
detailed
construction
skeleton,
homologous
plates
plate
series
based
on
symmetry,
growth,
function.
These
not
in
conflict;
latter
is
rooted
refinement
former.
Some
interpretive
differences
arise
because
many
morphologies
described
from
eleutherozoan
development
difficult
to
reconcile
Paleozoic
forms.
Conversely,
for
taxa
by
UEH,
such
peristomial
border
plates,
absent
eleutherozoans.
This
Element
recommends
these
two
be
used
together
generate
a
better
understanding
across
Language: Английский
Molecular Paleobiology of the Echinoderm Skeleton
Published: Nov. 4, 2022
The
echinoderms
are
an
ideal
group
to
understand
evolution
from
a
holistic,
interdisciplinary
framework.
genetic
regulatory
networks
underpinning
development
in
some
of
the
best
known
for
any
model
group.
Additionally,
have
excellent
fossil
record,
elucidating
detail
evolutionary
changes
morphological
evolution.
In
this
Element,
discussed
as
molecular
palaeobiological
studies,
integrating
what
is
their
development,
genomes,
and
record.
Together,
these
insights
shed
light
on
vast
biodiversity
echinoderms,
animal
kingdom
more
generally.
Language: Английский