Indirect development with an intermediate larva exists in all major animal lineages1, which makes larvae central to mostscenarios of animal evolution2-11. Yet how larvae evolved remains disputed. Here we show that tem...
Supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB42000000)to L Z;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41976088)to L Z;the Key Development Project of Centre for Ocean Mega-Research of Science,Chinese academy of science(No.COMS2019R01)to L Z;the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(No.YJ2019NO01)to L Z。
The polychaete species of Capitella are widely distributed in the China seas,however little is known about Capitella taxonomy,and specimens collected from China have been identifi ed as Capitella capitata(Fabricius,17...
Wenghuiia jiangkouensis gen. et sp. nov., characterized by modern annelid taxonomy in morphology and functional biology, is found in black carbonaceous shale from the Neoproterozoic Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ab...