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Description The vetulicolid vetulicolian, Vetulicola cuneata, with the epibiotic entoproct, Cotyledion tylodes. From the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna.
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Orionide5 [2014-05-31 02:01:31 +0000 UTC]

You think Cotyledion was an... ectocommensalist? 

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avancna In reply to Orionide5 [2014-05-31 02:11:01 +0000 UTC]

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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Bhurloka12 In reply to avancna [2014-07-03 15:18:15 +0000 UTC]

Well, whenever you think your life absolutely sucks, at least you're not feeding off of your parent's poop...

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avancna In reply to Bhurloka12 [2014-07-03 15:44:27 +0000 UTC]

C. tylodes wasn't the larva of V. cuneata.  But, hey, it was a living.

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Bhurloka12 In reply to avancna [2014-07-03 15:46:08 +0000 UTC]

Still my analogy applies slightly?

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avancna In reply to Bhurloka12 [2014-07-03 17:07:49 +0000 UTC]

If they were the same species.

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Zimices [2014-05-28 07:22:24 +0000 UTC]

Vetulicolians can swim?

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avancna In reply to Zimices [2014-05-28 15:35:45 +0000 UTC]

Yes.  Their limbless nature and external anatomy does not suggest any other mode of movement.

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Zimices In reply to avancna [2014-05-28 19:05:56 +0000 UTC]

Cool! they are interesting... the kind of animals that were it

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avancna In reply to Zimices [2014-05-28 22:33:20 +0000 UTC]

Indeed

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