I’ve featured remipedes before, because they are cool in many ways. They are cave-dwellers, and probably the closest relative to insects.
This remipede, Speleonectes tulumensis, is in the news today because it has become the first crustacean discovered to have venom. Check the links below for great summaries!
Related posts
Tuesday Crustie: Insect cousin
External links
First venomous crustacean discovered – Nature News
Of 70,000 Crustacean Species, Here’s The First Venomous One – Not Exactly Rocket Science
The first venomous crustacean is found – Why Evolution is True
Picture from here.
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