Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research
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Michael Iannicelli

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• Perspective Article
  Solving the Mystery of Endless Life between Conodonts and Lampreys, Plus a Reason for Final Extinction of the Conodonts
  Author(s): Michael IannicelliMichael Iannicelli
  
  New insight about extinct conodonts and their sister group, extant/prehistoric lampreys attempts to explain enigmatic patterns of their disappearance and survival, respectively. Conodonts and lampreys are very comparable to one another because: they both resembled eels in body plan while also being jawless and armorless; their mouths were used only for a “grasping” purpose; and they attacked their prey in parasitic fashion. Their mode of attacking was by latching onto another animal with their mouth while slowly suction-feeding on their victim’s body fluids, but this advances a new revelation about them. While these particular fish slowly nourished upon their host-victims, the simple unity of multiple conodonts or lampreys and their host victim must have mimicked the tentacles/arms of a cephalopod and/or jellyfish. One reason why cephalopods and jellyfishes were and .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2572-3103.S1-001

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