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The vetulicolid vetulicolian, Vetulicola cuneata, with the epibiotic entoproct, Cotyledion tylodes. From the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna.Related content
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Yes, that's what's suggested, in that the larvae would settle near the anus, and develop into adulthood on a rich diet of *cough* pre-digested food.
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Well, whenever you think your life absolutely sucks, at least you're not feeding off of your parent's poop...
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C. tylodes wasn't the larva of V. cuneata. But, hey, it was a living.
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Still my analogy applies slightly?
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If they were the same species.
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Yes. Their limbless nature and external anatomy does not suggest any other mode of movement.
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Cool! they are interesting... the kind of animals that were it
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