Ultrastructure of the Jurassic serpulid tubes–phylogenetic and paleoecological implications

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Paleontology and Evolutionary Science

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Introduction

Material and Methods

Results

Filograninae (BI)

Serpulinae, tribe Serpulini (AI)

Serpulinae, tribe Ficopomatini (AII)

Discussion

Tube ultrastructure evolution and its phylogenetic constraints

Ecological implications and comparisons with sabellids

Conclusions

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Jakub Słowiński conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Olev Vinn conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Michał Zatoń conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The SEM photographs of the investigated ultrastructures are available in the figures.

Funding

The authors received no funding for this work.

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