Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia.
Curr Biol. 2014 Jun 16;24(12):R564-R566. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.008.
A new study on a parasitic barnacle that lives on a deep sea shark found that its closest living relatives are rocky shore barnacles. The findings provide insight into barnacle phylogeny and raise new questions about the evolution of parasitism.
一项关于生活在深海鲨鱼身上的寄生藤壶的新研究发现,它们最亲近的现存亲属是石质海岸藤壶。这一发现为藤壶的系统发生提供了新的见解,并提出了关于寄生进化的新问题。