Arthropods

... Acoels No mouth or alimentary canal Annelida Little ring Segmented worms Multiple circular segments about 15,300 modern Arthropoda Jointed foot Arthropods Chitin exoskeleton 1,134,000+ Brachiopoda Arm foot Lamp shells Lophophore and pedicle between 300 and 500 extant Bryozoa Moss animals Moss ...

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... but there's some important differences. The Borg are an artificial semi-organic species engineered and controlled using computing technology; the arthropods from Heinlein's Starship Troopers are biologically evolved to live in a sort of "perfect communism," as Heinlein put it. The issue ...

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I'm considering a species of highly-evolved arthropods for my story. Something similar to the bugs in Heinlein's Starship Troopers , except maybe with the ability to read and write so they're able to communicate with humans. I'm mostly fascinated ...

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... without any evolutionary history[ /quote] The introduction of a variety of organisms in the early Cambrian, including such complex forms of the arthropods as the trilobites, is surprising.... The introduction of abundant organisms in the record would not be so surprising if they were simple. ...

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... at least there is a controversy the theory does not need to get involved in. Anyhow, I stand corrected. Is this better? "Trilobites (extinct arthropods) are known to have had well developed crystal lens compound eyes of modern insects." I have to thank you for pointing that out. The ...

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