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Animal Morphology Lab
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A lab that explores the evolution of life through dicyemids, which live in the renal sacs of cephalopods.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring evolution in a tiny natural laboratory
The Animal Morphology Lab conducts natural history research on dicyemids, mesozoans that live in the renal sacs of cephalopods.
Building on taxonomy, the lab investigates them from many perspectives, including morphology, development, phylogeny, ecology, evolution, and genomics.
Viewing the renal sac as a small natural laboratory, the lab explores how dicyemids live in this environment and what interactions occur among coexisting species.
The lab also conducts natural history research on animal groups other than dicyemids, aiming to understand the nature of living organisms.
Key terms
- Dicyemid
- A mesozoan that lives in the renal sacs of cephalopods. It has long been considered an animal linking protozoans and metazoans.
- Mesozoan
- A group of animals that have long been considered to link protozoans and metazoans. Dicyemids belong to this group.
- Renal sac
- An organ in cephalopods where dicyemids live. The lab calls it a "small natural laboratory."
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts natural history research from various perspectives on dicyemids, mesozoans that have long been considered animals linking protozoans and metazoans. In the tiny environment of the cephalopod renal sac, the lab explores evolution in a microenvironment, asking from which lineage this animal came to take its present form.
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- ProfessorHidetaka Furuya
- Project LecturerISLAM Md. Sayeedul
- Assistant ProfessorNaoki Hisayama
- Assistant ProfessorAtsuko Yamada
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