Z250 - Cool Inverts Papers

Zool 250
Cool Papers about Invertebrate Biology from the Scientific Literature

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BROWSE THE LATEST PAPERS BY TAXON

To browse the latest papers on particular taxa, have a look at the UBio taxonomic RSS aggregator, which provides taxonomic browsing of thousands of articles from hundreds of journals. Very nice!

RECENT ADDITIONS

Three deep-sea predatory sponges (Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 2005; 933K)
Evolutionary history of 'love darts' in landsnails and slugs (J. Zoology, London 2005; 165K)
A deep-sea polychaete that specializes on decaying whales (Deep-Sea Research 2004; 730K)
A parasitic isopod that totally replaces a fish's tongue (Copeia 1983; 650K)
Ants that work together to trap and eat a cricket (Nature 2005; 212K)
Deep sea holothuroids come in an amazing variety of forms (PSZN Marine Ecology 1999; 1.2 MB)
Would you believe . . . Glacier ice worms? (Canadian Journal of Zoology 2005; 117 KB)
A coconut crab catches and eats a rat (Crustaceana 2005; 70 KB)
An unusual demosponge that can actually move around (Marine Biology 2006; 1.1 MB)
Some deep-sea worms make their living 'eating' whale bones (Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 2005; 865 KB)
A unique deep-sea squid that exhibits parental care (Nature 2005; 291 KB) (watch the movie! 4.5 MB)
One polyclad flatworm kills snails with tetrodotoxin and eats them (Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 2006; 1.0 MB) (watch the movie! 1.3 MB)

COOL PAPERS ON PARTICULAR TAXA

PROTISTA

'Zooflagellates' (animal flagellates)
'Phytoflagellates' (plant flagellates)
'Sarcodines' (amoebas, radiolarians)
'Sporozoans'
Ciliophora (the ciliates)
- This giant ciliate carries symbiotic zooxanthellae inside it (Marine Biology 2002; 730K)
- How the ciliate Euplotes walks (Canadian J. Zool. 2001; 285K)

PORIFERA (sponges)

Look inside a sponge water-vascular system (Zoomorphology 2002; 456K)

PLACOZOA

Placozoa are one of the simplest mobile animals known; their evolutionary ancestry remains in dispute (Curr. Biol. 2005; 3,124K)

CNIDARIA

Hydrozoa (hydroids)
Anthozoa (anemones & corals)
- This unique anemone is an intracellular parasite of fish eggs (J. Appl. Ichthyol. 2002; 762K)
- How anemones get their zooxanthellae (symbiotic algae) (Mar. Biol. 2002; 186K)
Schphozoa (jellyfish)

PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms)

Even planarians show an alarm response to damaged conspecifics (Anim. Behav. 2001; 108K)

ASCHELMINTHES (the 'pseudocoelomates')

Kamptozoa (Entoprocta) (bryozoan-like animals)
- Cute kamptozoans feeding while nestled among bryozoan zooids (Marine Biol. 2002; 304K)

Aplacophora (worm-like molluscs)

MOLLUSCA

Aplacophora (worm-like molluscs)
Monoplacophora ('living fossils')
Polyplacophora (chitons)
Gastropoda (snails & slugs)
Bivalvia (mussels, clams, scallops, etc.)
- Amazing properties of mussel byssal threads (BioMedNet Beagle, 2001; 117K)
Scaphopoda (tusk shells)
Cephalopoda (squids, octopus, cuttlefish, etc.)
- How Octopus move their arms (Science 2001; 1192K)
- Remarkable countershading abilities of cuttlefish (J. Exp. Biology, 1994; 272K)
- Worldwide observations of remarkable deep-sea squids (Science 2001; 163K)
  [plus a Quicktime movie (125K) of live squid swimming, wow!]
- The "wonderpuss" octopus mimics an amazing variety of other animals (Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 2001; 273K)
- Extreme sexual dimorphism in 'blanket' octopus (with pictures; New Zealand J. Mar Freshwat. Res., 2002; 352K)

ECHIURA

Although adult echiura (spoonworms) are unsegmented, their larvae have a clearly segmented nervous system (stunning color pictures!) (J. Morphology 2002; 8,101K)

ANNELIDA (segmented worms)

Polychaeta (marine segmented worms)
Oligochaeta (earthworms & relatives)
Hirudinea (leeches)

ARTHROPODA

Chelicerata (sea spiders, horseshoe crabs, spiders, mites, etc.)
- Understanding spider head segments (Nature News & Views 1998; 242K)
Uniramia (millipedes, centipedes & insects)
Crustacea (water fleas, beach hoppers, crabs, shrimp, etc.)
- Barnacles normally eat plankton; this one eats anemone tentacles (Biol. Bull. 1999; 9,010K)
- How snapping shrimp snap (way cool!) (Science 2000; 309K) (commentary; Science News; 61K)
  (View the amazing snap in action!)
- Snapping shrimp snaps actually glow (Nature 2001; 124K)
- Most hyperiid amphipods make their living as symbionts of gelatinous zooplankton (beautiful color pictures) (Hydrobiologia 2004; 198K)

LOPHOPHORATES

Brachiopoda (lamp shells)
Bryozoa (moss animals)

HEMICHORDATA (acorn worms)

ECHINODERMATA

Crinoidea (sea lilies, feather stars)
Asteroidea ('true' starfish)
Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)
- Optical lenses in the arms of brittle stars (Nature 2001; 433K)
Echinoidea (sea urchins)
Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)

CHORDATA

Urochordata (sea squirts & relatives)
Cephalochordata (lancelets)

COOL PAPERS ON PARTICULAR SUBJECTS

BIOLUMINESCENCE

How animals glow in the dark (BioMedNet Beagle, web review 2001; 118K)

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Zool 250 Cool Papers about Invertebrate Biology from the Scientific Literature

Zool 250
Cool Papers about Invertebrate Biology from the Scientific Literature