The fossil record of ecdysis, and trends in the moulting behaviour of trilobites
Ecdysis, the process of moulting an exoskeleton, is one of the key characters uniting arthropods, nematodes and a number of smaller phyla into Ecdysozoa. The arthropod fossil record, particularly trilobites, eurypterids and decapod crustaceans, yields information on moulting, although the current fo...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015
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