CADIC   02618
CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Soft-Bottom Tube Worms: From Irregular to Programmed Shell Growth
Autor/es:
SEILACHER, A.,; OLIVERO, E.B.,; BUTTS, S.H.,; JÄGER, M.
Revista:
LETHAIA
Referencias:
Año: 2007
ISSN:
0024-1164
Resumen:
Like other secondary soft-bottom dwellers, serpulid and sabellid tube worms used particular
strategies in order to cope with their earlier loss of mobility. This is expressed
by the transition from irregular to genomically programmed morphologies of their
calcareous shells that guarantee a stable horizontal resting position. In contrast to
permanent recliners, however, this attitude was probably only the starting position for
active resurrection after the muddy tail of storm sediments had settled on top of the
displaced animal.