New species of “supergiant” isopod uncovered
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New species of “supergiant” isopod uncovered
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#2Sorry, the site is down now, but here is a cached version: https://web.archive.org/web/20200826125737/https://news.nus....
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These things are cool.
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#4This might be a relative of our pill bugs? But there is probably a lot more evolution between them than between, e.g., horses and sharks. Which, by the way, is also bigger than between bony fish and sharks.
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#5This might be a relative of our pill bugs? But there is probably a lot more evolution between them than between, e.g., horses and sharks. Which, by the way, is also bigger than between bony fish and sharks.
Yes, pill bugs are also isopods.
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#6> The team says that the discovery is an example of deep-sea gigantism
Are there theories about this phenomenon? Does this explain the historically atypical size of the dinosaurs? Why doesn't it continue to happen? For example, why aren't there giant robins (birds) or tiny ones? Is there not a single eco-system ever where this would be an advantage?
From another article on the same discovery
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#7Is it 𝓘𝓼𝓸𝓹𝓸𝓭 𝓗𝓸𝓾𝓻 yet?
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#8> The team says that the discovery is an example of deep-sea gigantism Are there theories about this phenomenon? Does this explain the historically atypical size of the dinosaurs? Why doesn't it continue to happen? For example, why aren't there giant robins (birds) or tiny ones? Is there not a single eco-system ever where this would be an advantage? From another article on the same discovery
It does, generally on islands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_gigantism
Humans tend to exterminate them.
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#9This might be a relative of our pill bugs? But there is probably a lot more evolution between them than between, e.g., horses and sharks. Which, by the way, is also bigger than between bony fish and sharks.
I've always been fascinated by pill bugs, also known as "Armadillidiidae" [1] they are such cool creatures. I don't know why, but the fact that they are land-dwelling crustaceans was just interesting to me.
I had no idea something like this size and related existed in the sea! Incredible! I wonder now what the evolutionary tree looks like.
Re: New species of “supergiant” isopod uncovered
#10This might be a relative of our pill bugs? But there is probably a lot more evolution between them than between, e.g., horses and sharks. Which, by the way, is also bigger than between bony fish and sharks.
I've always been fascinated by pill bugs, also known as "Armadillidiidae" [1] they are such cool creatures. I don't know why, but the fact that they are land-dwelling crustaceans was just interesting to me. I had no idea something like this size and related existed in the sea! Incredible! I wonder now what the evolutionary tree looks like. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae
Order Isopoda [1] on Wikipedia if anyone else is interested.
Edit: Corrected Family -> Order - oops! Thank you pvaldes.