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1. Octopus adjusts RNA to water temp.

Author

Ehrenberg, Rachel

Subjects
*OCTOPUS physiology, *OCEAN temperature, MARINE animal adaptation
Abstract

The article reports on research by neurobiologist Joshua Rosenthal published online January 5, 2012 in the journal "Science" about the nervous systems in the warm-water species of octopus, Octopus vulgaris, and the cold-water species Pareledone.

Published
2012
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2. Arthropods came ashore in shells.

Author

Perkins, Sid

Subjects
*ARTHROPODA, *MOLLUSK evolution, *FOSSIL aquatic animals, ADAPTATION, MARINE animal adaptation
Abstract

This article reports that ocean-dwelling arthropods, which include crustaceans, scorpions, and insects, may have first emerged from the ocean by wearing shells to protect their gills and hold seawater. Researchers James W. Hagadorn of Amherst College in Massachusetts and Adolf Seilacher of Yale University in Connecticut have reached this conclusion after studying fossils of arthropod trackways discovered in sandstone in central Wisconsin.

Published
2009
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