"Cambrian Deep-Sea Arthropods Had Complex Compound Eyes" Topic

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12 Dec 2020 10:20 p.m. PST

"Radiodonts (meaning ‘radiating teeth') are a group of arthropods that dominated the oceans around 500 million years ago.

The many radiodont species share a similar body layout comprising of a head with a pair of large, segmented appendages for capturing prey, a circular mouth with serrated teeth, and a squid-like body.

It now seems likely that some lived at depths down to 1,000 m (3,281 feet) and had developed large, complex eyes to compensate for the lack of light in this extreme environment…"

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