An edrioasteroid from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstatte of England reveals the nature of the water vascular system in an extinct echinoderm
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Author(s)
Briggs, DEG
Siveter, DJ
Siveter, DJ
Sutton, MD
Rahman, IA
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Echinoderms are unique in having a water vascular system with tube feet, which perform a variety of functions in living forms. Here, we report the first example of preserved tube feet in an extinct group of echinoderms. The material, from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, UK, is assigned to a new genus and species of rhenopyrgid edrioasteroid, Heropyrgus disterminus. The tube feet attach to the inner surface of compound interradial plates and form two sets, an upper and a lower, an arrangement never reported previously in an extant or extinct echinoderm. Cover plates are absent and floor plates are separated creating a large permanent entrance to the interior of the oral area. The tube feet may have captured food particles that entered the oral area and/or enhanced respiration. The pentameral symmetry of the oral surface transitions to eight columns in which the plates are vertically offset resulting in a spiral appearance. This change in symmetry may reflect flexibility in the evolutionary development of the axial and extraxial zones in early echinoderm evolution.
Date Issued
2017-09-13
Date Acceptance
2017-08-01
Citation
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2017, 284 (1862)
ISSN
0962-8452
Publisher
ROYAL SOC
Journal / Book Title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume
284
Issue
1862
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Briggs DEG, Siveter DJ,
Siveter DJ, Sutton MD, Rahman IA. 2017
An edrioasteroid from the Silurian
Herefordshire Lagersta¨tte of England reveals
the nature of the water vascular system in an
extinct echinoderm. Proc. R. Soc. B 284:
20171189.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1189
Siveter DJ, Sutton MD, Rahman IA. 2017
An edrioasteroid from the Silurian
Herefordshire Lagersta¨tte of England reveals
the nature of the water vascular system in an
extinct echinoderm. Proc. R. Soc. B 284:
20171189.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1189
Sponsor
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000410610200016&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
NE/F01693X/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biology
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Echinodermata
Edrioasteroidea
Herefordshire Lagerstatte
Silurian
water vascular system
EARLY EVOLUTION
TUBE FEET
FOSSILS
PRESERVATION
ASTEROIDEA
ARTHROPOD
PHYLOGENY
Herefordshire Lagerstätte
06 Biological Sciences
11 Medical And Health Sciences
07 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 20171189