'Mind-blowing' new creature discovered

msn.com: Mysterious crustatian msn.com
msn.com     May 20, 2008            

Among the greatest mysteries in zoology for more than a century have been vaguely shrimp-like creatures known as y-larvae. Now researchers may have solved this puzzle by dosing the y-larvae with a hormone that forced them to go through a growth spurt. [read full story]                

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Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form

eurekalert.org     May 19, 2008          

First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading generations of marine zoologists to wonder just what y- larvae grow up...                

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Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form

physorg.com     May 20, 2008          

First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading generations of marine zoologists to wonder just what y- larvae grow up...                

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Clue To Mystery Crustacean In Parasite Form

sciencedaily.com     May 20, 2008          

First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading generations of marine zoologists to wonder just what y- larvae grow up...                

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'Mind-Blowing' New Creature Discovered (LiveScience.com)

yahoo.com     May 20, 2008          

Charles Q. Choi Special to LiveScience 30 minutes ago Among the greatest mysteries in zoology for more than a century have been vaguely shrimp-like creatures known as y-larvae. Although these microscopic beasts are clearly young crustaceans, no one knew what the adult forms looked like. The...                

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'Mind-Blowing' New Creature Discovered

livescience.com     May 20, 2008          

By Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience Scientists discovered that the mysterious y-larvae crustacean grows up to become a parasite. Image Credit: Hoeg et al, BMC Biology Among the greatest mysteries in zoology for more than a century have been vaguely shrimp-like creatures known as y-larvae....                

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Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form

biologynews.net     May 20, 2008          

Y larvae. First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading generations of marine zoologists to wonder just what y-...                

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Mystery Larvae

strangeark.com     May 20, 2008          

From the Eurekalert: "First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading generations of marine zoologists to wonder just...                

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Clue to mystery crustacean; 'the adults of these larvae must be parasites'

underwatertimes.com     May 21, 2008          

The mysterious crustacean Y larvae. A study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal, BMC Biology, reports the transformation of the larvae into a previously unseen, wholly un-crustacean-like, parasitic form. “Facetotectans are the only crustacean group with a taxonomy based solely on...                

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A Strange Crustacean Transformation

sciencemag.org     May 22, 2008          

By Lauren Cahoon ScienceNOW Daily News The mysterious Y-larva has a strange way of growing up. But since the Y-larva's discovery a century ago, the animal's final form and ecological niche has remained a complete unknown to marine scientists--the captive larva always died before developing to the...                

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