The Ecology of Biotic Interactions in Echinoids: Modern Insights into Ancient Interactions

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Elizabeth Petsios (Baylor University, Texas) Lyndsey Farrar (Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida)

The Ecology of Biotic Interactions in Echinoids

Modern Insights into Ancient Interactions

Elizabeth Petsios (Baylor University, Texas), Lyndsey Farrar (Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida), Shamindri Tennakoon (Hendrix College, Arkansas) , Fatemah Jamal (Kuwait University)

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Cambridge University Press
14 December 2023

Ecological science, the Biosphere; Zoology: Invertebrates; Palaeontology; Applied ecology

Series: Elements of Paleontology

Organisms interacting with echinoids are common and produce diverse traces that are often distinctive and can be preserved in the fossil record. Thus, echinoids provide a wealth of information regarding the role of biotic interactions as drivers of ecological and morphological adaptations over macroevolutionary timescales. Studies documenting interactions with echinoids and the resulting traces have become more numerous. This Element reviews the ecologies of skeletal trace-producing interactions on echinoids in Modern ecosystems and the recognition of those biogenic traces in the fossil record. The authors explore diversification and morphological trends in Meso-Cenozoic echinoid clades and associated predator and parasite groups in the context of selective pressures brought about by the evolution of these biotic interactions. Their intent is that this review promotes additional studies documenting the intensity of biotic interactions with echinoids in both Recent and fossil assemblages and highlights their potential to advance our understanding of ecosystem functioning and evolution. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

By: Elizabeth Petsios (Baylor University Texas), Lyndsey Farrar (Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida), Shamindri Tennakoon (Hendrix College, Arkansas), Fatemah Jamal (Kuwait University), Roger W. Portell (Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 106g
ISBN: 9781108810067
ISBN 10: 1108810063
Series: Elements of Paleontology
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 14 December 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Predator; 3. Parasites and other symbionts; 4. Non-trace producing associations; 5. Evolutionary Trends; 6. Concluding remarks; References.