Horseshoe crab phylogeny and independent colonizations of fresh water: ecological invasion as a driver for morphological innovation

@article{Lamsdell2016HorseshoeCP,
  title={Horseshoe crab phylogeny and independent colonizations of fresh water: ecological invasion as a driver for morphological innovation},
  author={J. Lamsdell},
  journal={Palaeontology},
  year={2016},
  volume={59},
  pages={181-194}
}
  • J. Lamsdell
  • Published 2016
  • Biology
  • Palaeontology
    • Xiphosurids are an archaic group of aquatic chelicerate arthropods, generally known by the colloquial misnomer of ‘horseshoe crabs’. Known from marine environments as far back as the early Ordovician, horseshoe crabs are generally considered ‘living fossils’ – descendants of a bradytelic lineage exhibiting little morphological or ecological variation throughout geological time. However, xiphosurids are known from freshwater sediments in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic; furthermore, the contention… CONTINUE READING
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