Squat lobsters of the Galatheoidea superfamily live in all oceans today, from shallow waters to depths of thousands of meters, and from hot hydrothermal vents to cold waters in the
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Most diverse, oldest fauna of hermit crabs discovered
The evolutionary history of hermit crabs (Paguroidea) has been unraveling over the last 15 years.
Preservation of parasitism in deep time
Over the last two months, two new books on parasitism in the fossil record were published as part of the Topics in Geobiology series.
Crustaceans as hosts of parasites
Over the last decade, parasites in the marine fossil record have been increasingly studied.
Animals hidden in a 100-million-year-old giant clam
The sea floor was a dangerous place for particularly smaller animals. Over the last century, a wealth of information about traces in ancient prey items has been recorded, showing successful
Increase in Marine Parasitism Through Time Linked to Biodiversity
Evidence of parasitism in the fossil record has historically received little attention because parasites are small, these soft bodied animals do not fossilize well, and there is an enormous lack
‘Living Fossil’ Damselflies Get Their Own Families!
A large molecular study has confirmed what was thought for a while: some isolated groups with at most a handful of species each are so unique that they have no
Inferring octopodoid and gastropod behavior from their Plio-Pleistocene cowrie prey (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)
Predation is an evolutionary force shaping sea floor communities, with the record of drilling predation being particularly useful to study predatory behavior on short and long timescales. Most predatory drill
Octopodoidea as predators near the end of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution
Octopodoidea are a highly versatile and diverse group of marine predators comprising > 200 species today, but their diversity and ecology in deep time are virtually unknown. Because these soft-bodied
Evidence of Predation by Octopuses Pushed Back By 25 Million Years
New research unveiled the earliest evidence of octopus predation in the fossil record. The evidence consists of tiny holes drilled in the clams they preyed upon during the Cretaceous period